{"id":2092263,"date":"2025-10-15T06:15:25","date_gmt":"2025-10-15T06:15:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2092263"},"modified":"2025-10-15T06:15:25","modified_gmt":"2025-10-15T06:15:25","slug":"i-watched-dirty-dancing-for-the-first-time-after-actively-avoiding-it-for-most-of-my-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/i-watched-dirty-dancing-for-the-first-time-after-actively-avoiding-it-for-most-of-my-life\/","title":{"rendered":"I Watched Dirty Dancing For The First Time After Actively Avoiding It For Most Of My Life"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><i>When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission.<\/i><\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-3 right-3 size-10 md:size-[50px] lg:inset-0 lg:size-full lg:bg-transparent\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-0 right-0 rounded-full bg-white p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-white\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><svg viewbox=\"0 0 22 22\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"size-4 lg:size-6\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\"><path d=\"M12.372.92c0-.506.41-.916.915-.916L21 0l-.004 7.712a.917.917 0 0 1-1.832 0V3.183l-6.827 6.828-1.349-1.348 6.828-6.828h-4.529a.915.915 0 0 1-.915-.915M1.835 17.816l6.828-6.828 1.349 1.349-6.829 6.827h4.529a.915.915 0 0 1 0 1.831L0 21l.004-7.713a.916.916 0 0 1 1.831 0z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Modal Dialog\" aria-modal=\"true\" class=\"fixed inset-0 z-4 size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-white hidden\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"relative text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5\">\n<p>Credit: Vestron Pictures<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">There are a number of what are considered the <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cinemablend.com\/news\/2567715\/the-best-80s-movies-and-how-to-watch-them\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:best \u201880s movies;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">best \u201880s movies<\/a> that I feel like I\u2019ve seen a thousand times \u2014 <em>The Blues Brothers<\/em>, <em>Ferris Bueller&#8217;s Day Off<\/em> and <em>Field of Dreams<\/em>, to name a few \u2014 and there are, admittedly, some that simply passed me by. Then there\u2019s <em>Dirty Dancing<\/em>. I actively avoided this romance for most of my life (for reasons I\u2019ll get into later), however, when I saw that it was coming to the <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cinemablend.com\/streaming-news\/2025-netflix-movie-tv-show-release-dates\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:2025 Netflix schedule;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">2025 Netflix schedule<\/a>, I figured now might be the time.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">I may have never seen <em>Dirty Dancing<\/em>, but I don\u2019t live under a rock, either. I was aware of the \u201cNobody puts Baby in a corner,\u201d quote and the iconic lift executed between Jennifer Grey and Patrick Swayze that is one of the <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cinemablend.com\/movies\/memorable-music-moments-80s-movies\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:most memorable music moments of the decade;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">most memorable music moments of the decade<\/a>. Other than that, though, I wasn\u2019t quite sure what to expect when I fired up my <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/tech.yahoo.com\/streaming\/articles\/netflix-subscription-plans-price-included-174717448.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:Netflix subscription;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\">Netflix subscription<\/a> to partake in Johnny and Baby\u2019s love story.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><img alt=\"Jane Brucker as Lisa and Jennifer Grey as Baby in Dirty Dancing.\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"540\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/Div3vdkHLCnCDFavhWMBkw--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTU0MDtjZj13ZWJw\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/cinemablend_388\/3f0a70f27599f31fa0dc9796020d8a3f\"\/><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-3 right-3 size-10 md:size-[50px] lg:inset-0 lg:size-full lg:bg-transparent\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-0 right-0 rounded-full bg-white p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-white\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><svg viewbox=\"0 0 22 22\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"size-4 lg:size-6\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\"><path d=\"M12.372.92c0-.506.41-.916.915-.916L21 0l-.004 7.712a.917.917 0 0 1-1.832 0V3.183l-6.827 6.828-1.349-1.348 6.828-6.828h-4.529a.915.915 0 0 1-.915-.915M1.835 17.816l6.828-6.828 1.349 1.349-6.829 6.827h4.529a.915.915 0 0 1 0 1.831L0 21l.004-7.713a.916.916 0 0 1 1.831 0z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Modal Dialog\" aria-modal=\"true\" class=\"fixed inset-0 z-4 size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-white hidden\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"relative text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5\">\n<p>Credit: Netflix<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2 class=\"mb-4 text-xl font-bold md:text-2xl\">Why I Actively Avoided Dirty Dancing For So Long<\/h2>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">While <em>Dirty Dancing<\/em> is likely one of the <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cinemablend.com\/movies\/movies-about-high-school-from-the-80s-and-90s-they-could-never-make-today\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:\u201880s and \u201890s movies that wouldn\u2019t be made today;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">\u201880s and \u201890s movies that wouldn\u2019t be made today<\/a> due to the age difference between Jennifer Grey and Patrick Swayze\u2019s characters, that definitely wasn\u2019t what kept me from the 1987 classic. (There were <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/entertainment\/32-very-problematic-movies-1980s-163500817.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:a lot of problematic \u201880s movies;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\">a lot of problematic \u201880s movies<\/a>, so I try to just be happy that times have changed.)<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">My reason was more personal. <em>Dirty Dancing<\/em> is centered around Frances \u201cBaby\u201d Houseman and her family at the upscale Kellerman\u2019s resort. Baby\u2019s sister just so happens to share the same first and last name (though spelled differently) as my own sister.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">This became an issue particularly when we were in college \u2014 I\u2019m a year older, so we were there at the same time. Her friends would call me \u201cLisa\u2019s sister\u201d before a lightbulb would inevitably go off when they made the <em>Dirty Dancing <\/em>connection:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"mb-4 border-l-2 pl-5 italic text-tertiary\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Oh my gosh! You\u2019re Lisa Houseman\u2019s sister! You\u2019re Baby! Hi, Baby!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Please, make it stop.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">I would hear, \u201cIt\u2019s Baby!\u201d shouted from across the Quad. People I barely knew would ask me if someone had put me in a corner. And because <em>Dirty Dancing<\/em> is one of those <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/entertainment\/32-movies-watch-over-over-223412500.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:movies you can watch over and over;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\">movies you can watch over and over<\/a>, I feel like this happened in cycles anytime one of them got the urge for a rewatch.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Those days are long gone, though, and I felt like I could safely stream the movie without having an infantilizing nickname thrust upon me. So I dove in.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><img alt=\"Jennifer Grey in Dirty Dancing\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"540\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/uDKg6IAi3hqoaUAcsXUO_g--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTU0MDtjZj13ZWJw\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/cinemablend_388\/92ecbad0af1fa6b6538ebdb42d956899\"\/><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-3 right-3 size-10 md:size-[50px] lg:inset-0 lg:size-full lg:bg-transparent\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-0 right-0 rounded-full bg-white p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-white\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><svg viewbox=\"0 0 22 22\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"size-4 lg:size-6\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\"><path d=\"M12.372.92c0-.506.41-.916.915-.916L21 0l-.004 7.712a.917.917 0 0 1-1.832 0V3.183l-6.827 6.828-1.349-1.348 6.828-6.828h-4.529a.915.915 0 0 1-.915-.915M1.835 17.816l6.828-6.828 1.349 1.349-6.829 6.827h4.529a.915.915 0 0 1 0 1.831L0 21l.004-7.713a.916.916 0 0 1 1.831 0z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Modal Dialog\" aria-modal=\"true\" class=\"fixed inset-0 z-4 size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-white hidden\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"relative text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5\">\n<p>Credit: Vestron Pictures<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2 class=\"mb-4 text-xl font-bold md:text-2xl\">Baby Addresses Her Nickname Immediately In Dirty Dancing<\/h2>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The whole \u201cBaby\u201d thing was a big deal to me, obviously, since it kept me from watching one of the <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/entertainment\/best-dance-movies-watch-them-100456129.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:best dance movies ever;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\">best dance movies ever<\/a>, and I love dance movies. But it hadn\u2019t occurred to me that the movie itself would address the 17-year-old being too old for the nickname. I was super surprised when Jennifer Grey\u2019s character not only mentioned it, but she did so in her very first line of narration:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"mb-4 border-l-2 pl-5 italic text-tertiary\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">That was the summer of 1963, when everybody called me \u2018Baby,\u2019 and it didn\u2019t occur to me to mind.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Sure, it\u2019s subtle, and it really doesn\u2019t come up again until the very end of the movie, when Johnny Castle introduces Baby as his dance partner for the last dance of the season, but I appreciated it either way. It was so meaningful in Johnny\u2019s speech, too, as he said:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"mb-4 border-l-2 pl-5 italic text-tertiary\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">I\u2019m going to do my kind of dancing with a great partner, who\u2019s not only a terrific dancer, but somebody who\u2019s taught me that there are people willing to stand up for other people, no matter what it costs them. Somebody who\u2019s taught me about the kind of person I want to be: Miss Frances Houseman.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">OK, is it bad that I\u2019m unbothered by their relationship? Let\u2019s not dwell too long on that question, and I\u2019ll move on to something else that stuck out to me about <em>Dirty Dancing<\/em>.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><img alt=\"Patrick Swayze, Jennifer Grey, Jerry Orbach and Kelly Bishop are seen in the \" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"540\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/j7vkIoZP4vRAppiF_3uhUA--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTU0MDtjZj13ZWJw\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/cinemablend_388\/2e61534e4693f2c78d57e75c172ae779\"\/><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-3 right-3 size-10 md:size-[50px] lg:inset-0 lg:size-full lg:bg-transparent\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-0 right-0 rounded-full bg-white p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-white\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><svg viewbox=\"0 0 22 22\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"size-4 lg:size-6\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\"><path d=\"M12.372.92c0-.506.41-.916.915-.916L21 0l-.004 7.712a.917.917 0 0 1-1.832 0V3.183l-6.827 6.828-1.349-1.348 6.828-6.828h-4.529a.915.915 0 0 1-.915-.915M1.835 17.816l6.828-6.828 1.349 1.349-6.829 6.827h4.529a.915.915 0 0 1 0 1.831L0 21l.004-7.713a.916.916 0 0 1 1.831 0z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Modal Dialog\" aria-modal=\"true\" class=\"fixed inset-0 z-4 size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-white hidden\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"relative text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5\">\n<p>Credit: Netflix<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2 class=\"mb-4 text-xl font-bold md:text-2xl\">I Was Underwhelmed By The \u2018Nobody Puts Baby In A Corner\u2019 Moment<\/h2>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">I think this is a case where the quote has become bigger than the movie moment, because for as often as I\u2019ve heard, \u201cNobody puts Baby in a corner,\u201d I was expecting it to be a bigger deal. I don\u2019t think Baby\u2019s parents were trying to keep her in a corner (though she conveniently happened to be in a corner when Johnny said it).<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">I understand the sentiment that Baby should be allowed to live her truth and not make herself small, but I didn\u2019t even feel like the dancing was the problem to Baby\u2019s parents \u2014 they just didn\u2019t want their underage daughter spending the night with the 25-year-old who \u201centertained\u201d all the wives at this rich adult version of summer camp. (But THEY used HIM!) Are we really villainizing ole Jake and Marge for that?<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">I expected to see way more stifling of Baby\u2019s dreams, and if I&#8217;m honest, more actual corners.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Some quotes I\u2019d like to retroactively nominate for <em>Dirty Dancing<\/em>\u2019s most well-known line:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"mb-4\">\n<li class=\"ml-4 list-disc\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><strong>I\u2019m doing all this to save your ass. What I really wanna do is drop you on it.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"ml-4 list-disc\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><strong>This Danish is pure protein.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"ml-4 list-disc\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><strong>God wouldn\u2019t have given you maracas if he didn\u2019t want you to shake \u2019em.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"ml-4 list-disc\"\/><\/ul>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">I don\u2019t even understand the Danish one, but it sure made me laugh. This movie\u2019s full of good quotes, but I\u2019d only ever heard the most famous one.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><img alt=\"Patrick Swayze and others dance dirty in Dirty Dancing.\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"540\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/X5w6Np.99lXSmLsu4EraWQ--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTU0MDtjZj13ZWJw\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/cinemablend_388\/4486c55e628121fabbad3de9b22b610d\"\/><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-3 right-3 size-10 md:size-[50px] lg:inset-0 lg:size-full lg:bg-transparent\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-0 right-0 rounded-full bg-white p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-white\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><svg viewbox=\"0 0 22 22\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"size-4 lg:size-6\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\"><path d=\"M12.372.92c0-.506.41-.916.915-.916L21 0l-.004 7.712a.917.917 0 0 1-1.832 0V3.183l-6.827 6.828-1.349-1.348 6.828-6.828h-4.529a.915.915 0 0 1-.915-.915M1.835 17.816l6.828-6.828 1.349 1.349-6.829 6.827h4.529a.915.915 0 0 1 0 1.831L0 21l.004-7.713a.916.916 0 0 1 1.831 0z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Modal Dialog\" aria-modal=\"true\" class=\"fixed inset-0 z-4 size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-white hidden\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"relative text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5\">\n<p>Credit: Netflix<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2 class=\"mb-4 text-xl font-bold md:text-2xl\">The Actual Dirty Dancing And Soundtrack Are Magical<\/h2>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">I may have been unimpressed with the movie\u2019s signature line, but I had the exact opposite reaction to the musical elements of <em>Dirty Dancing<\/em>. I sang along to all of those \u201860s bops, starting in the opening credits with The Ronettes\u2019 \u201cBe My Baby,\u201d to Otis Redding\u2019s \u201cThese Arms of Mine\u201d all the way to the moment I\u2019d been waiting for in \u201c(I\u2019ve Had) The Time of My Life.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Despite having seen clips and recreations of Patrick Swayze and Jennifer Grey\u2019s dance over the years, it was so satisfying to watch it in context, and I couldn\u2019t believe when I read that the actress had <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cinemablend.com\/movies\/dirty-dancings-jennifer-grey-explains-why-she-refused-to-do-her-iconic-lift-with-patrick-swayze-until-the-day-it-was-filmed\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:refused to do the iconic lift until the day it was filmed;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">refused to do the iconic lift until the day it was filmed<\/a>. It certainly didn\u2019t look like their first day doing that.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">I also loved the after-hours dirty dance party that Baby infiltrated with her watermelon. If your movie is called <em>Dirty Dancing<\/em>, you better provide, and director Emile Ardolino and choreographer Kenny Ortega definitely did, gifting us with lots of hip-grinding and impossibly flexible dancers.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><img alt=\"Jennifer Grey and Patrick Swayze in Dirty Dancing\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"540\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/W5nkOShM6cUrQloUsnTi5A--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTU0MDtjZj13ZWJw\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/cinemablend_388\/f768f405045a002e9482fcd7240e660f\"\/><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-3 right-3 size-10 md:size-[50px] lg:inset-0 lg:size-full lg:bg-transparent\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-0 right-0 rounded-full bg-white p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-white\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><svg viewbox=\"0 0 22 22\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"size-4 lg:size-6\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\"><path d=\"M12.372.92c0-.506.41-.916.915-.916L21 0l-.004 7.712a.917.917 0 0 1-1.832 0V3.183l-6.827 6.828-1.349-1.348 6.828-6.828h-4.529a.915.915 0 0 1-.915-.915M1.835 17.816l6.828-6.828 1.349 1.349-6.829 6.827h4.529a.915.915 0 0 1 0 1.831L0 21l.004-7.713a.916.916 0 0 1 1.831 0z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Modal Dialog\" aria-modal=\"true\" class=\"fixed inset-0 z-4 size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-white hidden\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"relative text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5\">\n<p>Credit: Vestron Pictures<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2 class=\"mb-4 text-xl font-bold md:text-2xl\">I\u2019m Glad I Finally Allowed Dirty Dancing Into My Life<\/h2>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">All in all, I actually loved <em>Dirty Dancing<\/em>. From the story to the romance to the dancing and the music, it really did exceed my expectations, and I can see why it is listed in so many \u201cBest\u201d lists when it comes to \u201880s movies and dance films.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">I can\u2019t say I regret waiting this long to watch it, though, because maybe one of the things I loved most about my experience is that I don\u2019t have to worry about anyone calling me Baby. <em>Dirty Dancing<\/em> is available to stream now on Netflix.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. 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