director von Trier, Lars (qv)s first draft screenplay was  called "Taps" and featured tap dancing in every scene. Choreographer  Paterson, Vincent (qv) convinced von Trier that it would be far  too difficult, if not impossible, to teach something as "technical"  as tap dancing to Björk and the other cast members within a  reasonable period of time. Von Trier rewrote the screenplay so that  the songs would be more in the style of "traditional" Hollywood  musicals, but retained some of the tapdancing motif with the  character of Oldrich Novy.