![]() ![]() I shied away from the film I once held close, and cast it off as yet another damaging Hollywood love story.Īrticles like 11 Dirty Dancing plot holes previously solidified my beliefs, alongside the countless Google results slandering Johnny as a predator. I have decided to set the record straight by rectifying the 5 (technically 4) misconceptions I had about Dirty Dancing. This step-ball-change in perception put me off. Upon meeting the convention-defying dancer Johnny Castle, she finds herself caught in the turbulent whirlwind of first love, removing the magical sheen that clouds childhood forever.Īs my pessimistic adult brain processed this information, I came the realisation that Johnny Castle is a pedophile, and the film descended into a tragic tale of innocence lost against a backdrop of romance and mambo. That was before President Kennedy was shot, before the Beatles, when I couldn’t wait to join the Peace Corps, and I thought I’d never find a guy as great as my dad.” “That was the summer of 1963, when everybody called me ‘Baby’, and it didn’t occur to me to mind. ![]() She gets herself into this precarious position when she fills in for Johnny’s pregnant dance partner Penny, while she endures a back-street abortion.īaby’s doctor father swoops in and saves Penny when the abortion goes awry, and presuming Johnny is the father, forbids his daughter from ever seeing him again.ĭespite my feelings of love towards the film as a child as I got older and viewed it through the cynical eyes of maturity, I poured over the message it delivered and found it to be seedy.īaby gives a voice of God narration over the opening scenes, illustrating how naive she was when she arrived at Kellermans holiday resort. ![]() The narrative follows Baby (Jennifer Grey) and her family on holiday at Kellermans resort, where the elite come to relax. While there she meets dancer Johnny Castle (Patrick Swayze) and falls madly in love with him while gyrating on his crotch. The unforgettable Hungry Eyes ‘gu-gung’ heart tapping and iconic lake scenes filled my heart with a sense of young love. Having revisited Dirty Dancing I realised I was harbouring misconceptions about Johnny Castle being a pedophile.Ī film that I held in high regard during my childhood Dirty Dancing was the ultimate coming-of-age holiday romance. ![]()
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