The story itself is full of substance; it is not simply Travolta strutting on the lit-up dance floor, although that is a significant portion. But for the mischaracterization of disco, Travolta’s character Tony Manero does capture the attitude of everyone in the seventies: “for one night a week, he is allowed to feel important” (Carroll). Every character in Saturday Night Fever is posturing as more than they are, be it Manhattan secretary, priest, or disco king, which is what draws them, and the rest of America with the same internal conflicts, to the dance floor. In the sixties, everyone from civil rights leaders to the hippies and the beatniks was looking for a deeper truth, a deeper meaning, a reality that spoke to a natural human existence.