Another positive portrayal is Baby’s close, trusting relationship with her father, which is temporarily disrupted when he catches her in a lie.ĭespite some poignant ethical lessons, it is distressing to see that gifted dancers, such as Swayze and Rhodes, are reduced to dirty dancing in order for us to be able to see their talents displayed on the big screen. Also, self-sacrifice is strongly portrayed in the relationship between Baby and Penny and the friendship between Johnny and Penny. However, Robbie is nowhere to be found once she discovered her pregnancy. Penny believed her sexual partner, Robbie, loved her. The botched abortion, with its potential to destroy Penny’s ability to have future children, provides a strong message about premarital sex. The dancing, along with the sexual activity among the guests and staff, is disturbing however, the movie isn’t without moral merit. The movie perpetuates stereotypes between the dull, rich guests and the libertine, rebellious staff, whose favorite pastime is “dirty dancing,” complete with body rubbing, pelvic thrusting and groping. The re-release of DIRTY DANCING does nothing to bring new life to this poorly written formula story that lacks strong direction. In the meantime, the owner’s son, a boring, unattractive snipe played by Lonny Price, is attracted to the uninterested Baby, while Robbie Gould, a womanizing waiter, has Baby’s sister on his list of potential sexual acquisitions. Baby is left with the dilemma of whether to admit she was with Johnny and shock her parents and the hotel owner, or stay quiet. His only alibi is that he spent the night with Baby, which he refuses to admit in order to protect her reputation. Regrettably, Johnny is accused of stealing wallets from guests. Instead, she sneaks out to meet Johnny for sexual trysts.Īs Baby’s vacation draws to an end, Johnny begins to decline sexual advances from married guests. However, Baby isn’t so forthcoming to her father when it comes to her relationship with Johnny, who is from the wrong side of the tracks. Baby ends up telling the truth to her father, a physician, so he can help Penny recover. Penny’s abortion is performed by a traveling “doctor” with a dirty knife and no ether. To help her new friend, Baby lies to her father (Jerry Orbach) to get the money to pay for the abortion and substitutes for Penny by performing with Johnny. Penny needs to miss a critical dance performance to have an illegal abortion. As she interacts with the summer staff, Baby develops a crush on Johnny and decides to help Penny Johnson (Cynthia Rhodes), another summer dancer. Sexually promiscuous and used, he feels inferior, pessimistic and dejected.Įnter Baby, an innocent teenager with an optimistic attitude who wants to change the world. Johnny keeps them smiling as he “entertains” the rich women whose husbands come up for the weekends. Set at Kellerman’s resort in the summer of 1963 in the Catskills, guest Baby Houseman (Jennifer Grey) goes through a sexual awakening with the help of Johnny Castle (Patrick Swayze), a dancer hired to keep the guests happy. On its 10th anniversary, DIRTY DANCING has been re-released with digitally remastered sound. Re-releases are becoming more and more popular today, but this is one movie which didn’t need to see the silver screen again. Despite some poignant ethical lessons, it is distressing to see that gifted dancers are reduced to dirty dancing. Also, self-sacrifice is strongly portrayed through the friendships in the movie. A botched abortion provides a strong message against premarital sex. However, the move isn't without moral merit. The movie perpetuates stereotypes between the dull, rich guests and the libertine, rebellious staff, whose favorite pastime is "dirty dancing," complete with body rubbing, pelvic thrusting and groping. Baby also sneaks out at night to meet Johnny for sexual trysts. Baby helps her friend Penny get an illegal abortion. Enter Baby, an innocent teenager with an optimistic attitude. Johnny sexually "entertains" the rich women whose husbands come up for the weekends. Set at a resort in the Catskills during the summer of 1963, guest Baby Houseman, played by Jennifer Grey, goes through a sexual awakening with the help of Johnny Castle, played by Patrick Swayze.
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