Shame List Picture Show: A Movie Podcast

On today’s episode of the Shamelist Picture Show Michael and his wife Amanda will be discussing one of two classic 80s dance movies that have been on my shamelist forever… DIRTY DANCING Directed by Emile Ardolino in 1987 from a script by Linda Gottlieb, DIRTY DANCING tells the story of 17-year old “Baby” Houseman who is vacationing with her family at Kellerman’s resort in the Catskill Mountains. Baby is young, idealistic and has humanitarian dreams to help her common man. While at the resort, Baby meets Johnny, a young dancer that all the women on the resort are obsessed with. While loved, Johnny is often the butt of everyone’s insults and despite being the most popular act at the resort, is put down for his poor life outside of the resort. After a twist of fate, Johnny’s normal dance partner, Penny, can’t join him for a very important dance so Johnny attempts to teach Baby how to fill in for her. Because of this change, both Johnny and Baby begin to fall for each other. The film became a phenomenon and start