The Time of My Life
September 23, 2009emily 4 Comments »I think I was in fifth grade when I watched Dirty Dancing, with my friend Amanda. I remember thinking how scandalous it all was. Not the movie, but the fact that I was watching it. I begged my sister not to tell on me. She did, anyway, but I don’t remember what my punishment was. In any case, I remember it was A Big Deal to have watched Dirty Dancing at that age. (It was equally memorable a few years later when Amanda and her parents and I visited Mountain Lake, in Virginia, where much of the movie was shot. Nobody puts Baby in a corner!) Anyway. Imagine my surprise when, this past weekend, I was flipping around on the tv, trying to find something to watch and… wait, what was that? Dirty Dancing on ABC Family?!? My, how times have changed. I guess bumping and grinding, with a side of pre-marital pregnancy and abortion, and a hint of class conflict can’t hold a candle to what kids these days get to watch.
Posted on September 23rd, 2009 at 4:46 pm
Sigh. Snuck my first viewing of it too. My favorite snapshot is Jennifer Grey dancing up those steps alone–engrained in my head since age 12.
Posted on September 23rd, 2009 at 5:36 pm
Tiffany: I danced up those very stairs! I actually have a photo of it, somewhere.
Posted on September 28th, 2009 at 3:20 am
Tell me about it… What happened to the Full House days?
Posted on September 28th, 2009 at 11:06 pm
I was young enough when I first watched it that I really didn’t understand the entire abortion storyline–had no idea what it was, I just thought the other dancer was sick. As you can imagine, vast stretches of motivation were lost to me.
I came from Her Bad Mother, I really enjoyed your "grieving police" comment. People have such nerve…