This blog discusses the movie Dirty Dancing, which was released in 1987 and starred Jennifer Grey and Patrick Swayze. The articles discuss:
* literary aspects, such as characterization, motivation, interactions;
* the music and dances;
* the production of the movie;
* critical reactions.
Monday, December 10, 2018
Baby Houseman and Existentialism
At the beginning of the Dirty Dancing story, Baby Houseman intends to study the economics of underdeveloped countries, then to serve in the Peace Corps and then to find a husband like her father. Because of various actions she takes during her three-week summer vacation, however, her entire life might have changed directions. Maybe she will study dance or other arts, and maybe she will marry someone very different from her father.
Baby suddenly faces many new decisions, choices and possibilities in her life. In particular, her new experience with romance has changed her perspectives. She can strive to live authentically by thinking existentially.
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