This week on Every Rom Com, Jen and Sophia begin the summer romance series with perhaps the greatest summer love story of all time - “Dirty Dancing.” We’ll talk about the making of the film and the locations you can still visit today. We’ll dig deep on the cast and crew, including a fantastic female screenwriter who wrote from her own experience. We’ll give some background on the culture of Jewish summer resorts portrayed in the movie. And of course we’ll get personal with our own memories of seeing the film as kids, summer romances, dance, and more, as we discuss this all-time classic starring Jennifer Grey and Patrick Swayze.
0:00-5:52 Introduction, Have you ever had a summer romance?
5:52-19:00 Trailer, Basic Info, Interesting Facts, General Opinion
“The Movies That Made Us” Season 1 Netflix https://www.netflix.com/title/80990849
19:00-32:03 Cast & Crew In-Depth
32:03-41:28 Opening Credits; Car Scene; The 1960’s Setting; Kellerman’s, The Borscht Belt, and The Golden Age of the Catskills; Filming Locations: Mountain Lake Lodge and Lake Lure, North Carolina
Information on The Borscht Belt/The Golden Age of the Catskills
https://www.recordonline.com/article/20090731/NEWS/907289987
“Dirty Dancing” Filming Locations
https://www.mtnlakelodge.com/special-pkg
https://www.architecturaldigest.com/story/dirty-dancing-filming-locations
41:28-54:03 Themes: Dance, Class, Coming of Age; Johnny and Penny’s First Dance; Baby Visits the Staff Quarters
54:03-1:07:01 The Wig Scene, The Gazebo Scene, Neil Tries to Woo Baby, Helping Penny
1:07:01-1:25:28 Learning to Dance, Dancing at The Sheldrake, Driving Back to Kellerman’s, The Abortion and Abortion Facts
More Making of Information
Abortion Before & After Roe vs. Wade
https://www.guttmacher.org/perspectives50/abortion-and-after-legalization
https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/preventing-unsafe-abortion
https://www.npr.org/2019/05/20/725139713/what-abortion-was-like-in-the-u-s-before-roe-v-wad
1:25:28 SPOILERS BEGIN
1:25:28-1:48:35 Johnny’s Cabin feat. Every Rom Com Theater, The Morning After, Love is Strange, Secret Love, The Accusation, Baby and Her Father, Saying Goodbye
More Making Of Information
https://www.moviefone.com/2017/08/21/dirty-dancing-patrick-swayze-facts/
1:48:35-1:55:29 The Final Dance of the Season
1:55:29-2:08:03 Dirty Dancing as a Perfect Movie, Dirty Dancing as a Feminist Film
2:08:03-2:24:33 Favorite Scenes; What Would Happen to Baby and Johnny?; Reboots, Remakes, Sequels and Tributes
Article About the ABC Remake
https://www.vox.com/culture/2017/5/25/15689428/abc-dirty-dancing-remake-backlash-twitter
Article About the Current Planned Sequel
https://deadline.com/2020/08/dirty-dancing-movie-jennifer-grey-confirmed-jonathan-levine-1203006586/
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