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This week, Nicky has chosen to talk about DIRTY DANCING (1987).
Written by Eleanor Bergstein and directed by Emile Ardolino, DIRTY DANCING tells the story of boy meets girl, girl learns professional dance routine while boy’s colleague gets backstreet abortion, boy gets sacked, girl is put in corner, boy and girl have time of their lives. An everyday tale, relatable to all.
Is this the sexiest film ever made or did Nicky just think it was when she was twelve? Does Baby’s coming of age tale resonate with straight men on the same level? Can Nicky argue its feminist merits or is it simply enough to win the hearts of sleepover attendees the world over? These questions and more get discussed on this week’s pod.
In all seriousness, this episode contains frank discussions around the subject of abortion, as it relates to Penny’s story.
References mentioned, and wider reading…
Dirty Dancing is an Underrated Feminist Masterpiece- https://www.themarysue.com/dirty-dancing-feminist-masterpiece/
Dirty Dancing, Jewishness, and Who Gets to be White - https://thewhitepages.net/p/out-of-the-corner
The interview with Eleanor Bergstein - https://www.vice.com/en/article/the-back-alley-abortion-that-almost-didnt-make-it-into-dirty-dancing/
Guardian article by Ann Lee - https://www.theguardian.com/film/2020/may/19/my-favourite-film-aged-12-dirty-dancing
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