



The oldest sister, Isabel, and Jake instantly feel a connection, are drawn to each in an intense but not really healthy way, which is complicated by Isabel’s severe depression. Because if the girls come back to dance for a hundred and one nights in a row, the curse will be broken. And then twelve sisters show up, and they represent a chance at salvation. Every morning they wake in pain and sickness and have to clean, have to dance every night in a vain attempt to avoid the horrors of their situation. Only the bartender is something more than a bartender, and decides to teach Jake some respect by making him and his brothers unable to leave the bar. “Ambiguity Machines: An Examination” by Vandana SinghĪ group of twelve brothers live a hellish curse inside a dance club, unable to age or die, in Veronica Shanoes’ “Ballroom Blistz.” The oldest brother, Jake, is the reason for the curse, having brought his brothers into the club to party and cause trouble only to piss off the bartender by refusing to leave after beating the crap out of a young man who threw up on his shoes.
