Hello again Velocininjas! Yes that's right, I'm blogging three days in a row, it's like a regular 2012 up in here. It's a lot easier to put out blog posts quickly when all I'm doing is copying and pasting a chunk of the notes I took while watching Dirty Dancing last week.
When we last left off, Baby had gone to a hotel staff party with a lot of sexy dancing and met Johnny. She's smitten with him when he gives her an impromptu dance lesson at the party, but he's kind of a dick to her at first, honestly.
Baby finds out Johnny's dance partner, Penny, is pregnant and in need of an abortion, but can't find someone to cover for her in a show at another hotel when the traveling abortionist comes through town. It's decided that Baby will take Penny's place as Johnny's dance partner, since why not add the risk of being seen fraternizing with a guest to this already very tricky situation?
Aaand that's about as coherent as things are gonna get, I'm afraid. Let's get back to my notes:
-“Ga-gung”
is a weird noise to make for a heartbeat. You too good for a simple “bum-bum”,
Swayze?
-How long
is this dancing montage?
-Is this
movie just a dancing montage now?
-Too cool
for a raincoat, Swayze? Your precious leather jacket is gonna be so fucked from wearing
it in the pouring rain and you will deserve it.
-I have
always despised the moment when Johnny and Baby get in his car after he broke
the window to get his keys, and Baby exclaims, “You’re wild!” To make matters
worse, Johnny doesn’t hear her the first time and asks what she said, and she
repeats it, only much louder and more obnoxiously. It’s awkward and forced and
way too on the nose and I hate it so much.
-Baby and Johnny's relationship is based almost entirely on dance montages.
-Swayze’s
talking about women “stuffing diamonds” in his pockets. So is he a prostitute
who gets paid in diamonds? Are the diamonds in necklace or ring form, or are
these women just jamming big ol handfuls of uncut diamonds in there?
-Love how
the music synchs perfectly with Baby grabbing Johnny’s ass.
-Beige
iridescent lipstick sounds like just the worst thing.
-Johnny tells his tale of being a man whore like he’s the poor, used victim
in all this. Yes, those women were using you, but you were also using them for
money and sex while not giving a shit that they were cheating on their husbands
with you, sooo…
-“You’re
not daddy’s girl anymore. He listens when I talk now.” How long could they have
been on this vacation that Baby’s older sister could claim that her father has
switched favorite children? That sort of shift usually takes more than a week
or two.
-Baby’s
older sister singing to rehearse for the talent show remains as amazing a scene
as I remember.
-What do
all these women see in Garbage Robbie? He’s such an asshole it’s absurd—he’s a
cartoon, a caricature of an asshole. He has a copy of The Fountainhead with notes in the margins that he's able to just whip out at any given moment since he has it on him even while he's doing his job. As a waiter. For Christ's sake.
Okay, I've got one chunk of notes left, so you guys get to wait until next week for the thrilling conclusion of me watching a very popular film and making snarky comments about it while other people go to their jobs and actually contribute to society.
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