Margarita Georgitseas's Analysis of the Age of Innocence

Many fans of Dirty Dancing are disappointed -- after they have watched the movie and then pondered it -- that Baby Houseman and Johnny Johnny Castle apparently will not stay together as a couple. The movie's perspective is that Baby is looking back from 1987 (when the movie was released) to 1963 (when the movie takes place). She thinks of that summer in 1963 as an age of innocence, which was followed by a social upheaval that began with the assassination of President Kennedy and then with the arrival of the Beatles.

During that summer in that age of innocence, 17-year-old, intellectual and ambitious Baby experienced a brief romance with a much older, physical and artistic Johnny. The romance could not continue into the future. After Baby and Johnny parted, she would continue into a future with more sensible, practical relationships. After they parted, Baby would depart from that age of innocence.

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From that perspective on Dirty Dancing, I recommend that you watch the following video -- which was done by Margarita Georgitseas. She Georgitseas analyzes two movies -- Age of Innocence and La La Land. These two movies -- like Dirty Dancing -- that express nostalgia for a past period and that end with the two lovers parting forever.

That video is brilliant!

I would beg Georgitseas to analyze Dirty Dancing, but I do not know how to contact her.

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Here are some more videos that Georgitseas has done.

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Georgitseas's YouTube page

Georgitseas's website