Strictly Ballroom an Australian film finds humour in the exaggeration of Australian culture, this being a Western culture, derived predominantly from Britain but also affected by the unique region of Australia, the influence of the Aboriginal, Torres Strait Islander and other Oceanian people. I think that to an extent for a film of its time strictly ballroom shows the unique Australian culture and humour including black humour, self mocking and anti-authoritarian. In some cultures finding humour in difficult situations is considered bad taste, but in most cases it is very common in australian culture this is known as black humour. Black humour occurs in strictly ballroom at the beginning when using a mockumentary style setting Shirley
