Analysis of a scene from 'Pulp Fiction'

In this scene from 'Pulp Fiction', Vincent and Mia enter dance contest at Jack Rabbit Slims

In the film's documentary, Travolta said that this is his favorite scene in the whole movie as far as production design. I never thought about this scene a lot as far as being important to the story but having seen this film so many times and gotten over the shock of it I can see other elements in it I’d missed. This scene shows the effects of the weed they’d smoked in the previous scene. John is more relaxed and this is symbolized by him removing his shoes, which is something you do when you are very relaxed. Now, he’s not thinking he’s with his boss’s wife; now, she’s just another babe and when they dance, they’re actually flirting. I get the sense that Mia is not completely satisfied with Marcellus and that she likes the element of danger in flirting with other men. The dead celebrities around the stage are a symbolic of a warning to Vincent, that he’s flirting with danger and even death but he’s too high to realize it.