Dirty Dancing (1987)
It's 1963. Johnny Castle (Swayze) is a summer camp dance teacher
(moonlighting as a "dirty dancer" in sleazy bars) who takes on a willing
pupil - seventeen-year-old Frances Houseman (Jennifer Grey), who
is vacationing with her parents, and who everybody calls
'Baby'.
Their love affair seems doomed from the start, but the sweetness that carries the movie beyond the dance floor is the way Baby brings out the dignity and self- respect Johnny's never had and Johnny brings out the womanly wisdom Baby's never experienced.
In one of the corniest finales on film, even Baby's square, uptight parents see the light and fall for "dirty
dancing ".
How do you do "dirty dancing"? It's a standard bumping-and-grinding
arrangement with the emphasis on grinding. Basically just simulate
sex on a dance floor in a vertical position. Wear deodorant.
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