Thursday, August 2, 2018

The "Don't Step on the One" Scene

Lionsgate calls the following deleted scene the "Don't Step on the One" scene.


I speculate that this scene shows Baby and Johnny practicing for their talent-show performance.

A year ago, I posted an article titled My Speculations About Eleanor Bergstein's Original Script. That article included the following speculations (emphasis added).
.... Baby agrees to replace Penny and dance with Johnny Castle at the Sheldrake Hotel. Penny becomes sick from the abortion. Jake saves Penny and falsely accuses Johnny.

Then the original script diverges from the movie.

Johnny does not passively accept Jake's accusation. Johnny defends himself, but Jake cuts him off and forbids Johnny and Baby to socialize with each other any further.

Johnny turns his attentions away from Baby and toward Vivian Pressman, a female guest who is an excellent dancer. Baby becomes jealous of Vivian.

Baby goes to Johnny's cabin and seduces him sexually. She persuades Johnny to secretly prepare a dance to perform with her at the talent show. Baby wants to keep Johnny away from Vivian, wants to overshadow Lisa at the talent show and wants to show her father that Johnny is a nice guy after all.

The preparations for the talent show provide occasions to show much more dancing to the movie audience.

In the original script, there is no disagreement between Johnny and Neil Kellerman about the pachanga dance. Johnny is not fired for stealing money.

At the talent show, Baby is sawed in half by the magician. She emerges whole from the box, and then she and Johnny immediately perform their dance, accompanied by Lionel Richie's song Dancing on the Ceiling.

After Baby and Johnny dance, everyone in the ballroom gets up and dances. ...
One paragraph of the above passage is highlighted. That is where (I speculate) the "Don't Step on One" scene was supposed to happen.

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