Ivanka Trump should learn from Baby Houseman

The Guardian website recently published an article, written by Noo Saro-Wiwa and titled Why Dirty Dancing would never be made today.

Saro-Wiwa wishes Ivanka Trump would emulate Baby Houseman's "fearlessness that delivers results".

... She [Baby] takes action not so much because social justice is consciously on her agenda, but because she can’t imagine her parents not letting her have her way. ...

Baby proves that a sense of entitlement can breed a fearlessness that delivers results. If only Ivanka Trump would do the same. That, however, would depend on her ability to command the same influence over her dad, which is doubtful: we’re talking about a man who said he would date his little princess in a parallel universe, after all. Anyone given the name “Baby” in the Trump household would probably need to tighten her chastity belt.

Baby’s is the ultimate liberal story in which adolescent rebellion takes the moral lead and drives society forward. It dovetails nicely with my belief that indulgence, when pursued responsibly, makes the world go round. ...

Much like the ability to ride roughshod over our parents’ wishes, very little of the movie’s dancing is replicable in real life.  ...

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The article did not provide a plausible argument that Dirty Dancing never would be made today.