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Peter Cullen Bryan, PhD @pcbryan.bsky.social · 3d

Yeah, it's still Camelot at this point - but (as in that musical) nothing can stay but the memories. #DirtyDancing #HATM

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Peter Cullen Bryan, PhD @pcbryan.bsky.social · 3d

#DirtyDancing #HATM

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Peter Cullen Bryan, PhD @pcbryan.bsky.social · 3d

Yeah, Jimmy Stewart was 33 when he enrolled in the Army Air Corps - it was a little unusual (and before the outbreak of war), but having an education and prior training meant they were happy to take folks (especially medical training). #DirtyDancing #HATM

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Peter Cullen Bryan, PhD @pcbryan.bsky.social · 3d

22 countries in 3 days seems like you're just driving/taking the train the whole time (we did France in a week - Paris, Normandy, Bordeaux, and a rural wedding at a castle - and even that was a whirlwind). #DirtyDancing #HATM

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Ariella Baker-Archer @ariarch.bsky.social · 3d

“The towel on the door is the international sign that Robbie’s getting some.” - my husband.

😂😂 #HATM

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Laura Kitchings @foodandarchives.bsky.social · 3d

"I [Lisa Houseman] wrote it. I wrote the story of the spoiled brat living in the island. I can't remember whose idea it was [to make the song] a hula." The "Hula Hana" is an earworm that does belong in the late 50s, early 60s #HATM ew.com/movies/dirty...

The untold story behind 'Hula Hana,' the most iconic number in 'Dirty Dancing'

Celebrate the 35th anniversary of 'Dirty Dancing' by revisiting Lisa Houseman's scene-stealing performance of 'Hula Hana' with the actress who played her (and co-wrote the song!), Jane Brucker.

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Peter Cullen Bryan, PhD @pcbryan.bsky.social · 3d

And that would match up to his relative age: Jerry Orbach was 52 when this came out, and thus the character would have been in his mid-20s during the war. A little old for the draft, but certainly could have enlisted, especially if he was a recent med school grad. #DirtyDancing #HATM

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Peter Cullen Bryan, PhD @pcbryan.bsky.social · 3d

I wondered if it is that Lisa specifically knows - it seems plausible she is already in college, and might be more aware of current events than the average American (though she seems more likely to pursue an MRS degree). #DirtyDancing #HATM

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Peter Cullen Bryan, PhD @pcbryan.bsky.social · 3d

I think there's also an element of the Jewish experience here as well - he knows people who died in the Holocaust, even if he didn't see the war himself - and there may be an element of guilt, and wanting his children to be the best they can, for those that cannot. #DirtyDancing #HATM

Andrew Harrell @harrell76.bsky.social · 3d

So here’s my theory about Jake. Given his age and the age of Baby, I think it’s quite plausible he was a doctor in World War II. He saw some horrific stuff and might see Johnny and his group as wasting the freedoms for which they fought . #HATM

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Peter Cullen Bryan, PhD @pcbryan.bsky.social · 3d

It does capture the last week of summer in the back half here, where there is so much to do and it feels like forever, but then all at once it is over. #DirtyDancing #HATM

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Peter Cullen Bryan, PhD @pcbryan.bsky.social · 3d

Unsafe At Any Speed won't come out until 1965, so they don't yet understand that seatbelts are good. #DirtyDancing #HATM

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Peter Cullen Bryan, PhD @pcbryan.bsky.social · 3d

This lines up with Fever - the memorable parts are the big flashy musical moments, but there is a serious undercurrent of darkness and class commentary in both films that set it apart from before and after (I'd put Cabaret in this era as well, even if it is more the seachange). #DirtyDancing #HATM

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Peter Cullen Bryan, PhD @pcbryan.bsky.social · 3d

Yes, though I owned a 2010 Honda Fit when I did so, so it may be better with newer vehicles. #DirtyDancing #HATM

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Peter Cullen Bryan, PhD @pcbryan.bsky.social · 3d

I regret to inform you that Jennifer Grey is a nepo baby - her father is Joel Grey, best known for playing the MC in Cabaret (for which he won an Oscar). #DirtyDancing #HATM

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Peter Cullen Bryan, PhD @pcbryan.bsky.social · 3d

"Everybody works here." Clear reminder of the class dynamics at play here, and the impossibility of actually juggling everything - who among us has gone to work sick, because it'd mean missing a shift and potentially getting hours cut more permanently? #DirtyDancing #HATM

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Peter Cullen Bryan, PhD @pcbryan.bsky.social · 3d

I once read Atlas Shrugged because the girl I was dating recommended it. Suffice it to say, that should have been a red flag. #DirtyDancing #HATM

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Peter Cullen Bryan, PhD @pcbryan.bsky.social · 3d

No man who ever tells you to read The Fountainhead has your best interests in mind. #DirtyDancing #HATM

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Peter Cullen Bryan, PhD @pcbryan.bsky.social · 3d

"I'm known as the catch of the county." If you actually have to say that about yourself...

#DirtyDancing #HATM

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Peter Cullen Bryan, PhD @pcbryan.bsky.social · 3d

The "iceberg" here is simply that the summer must end, inevitably and inexorably, changing everyone trajectories, though we don't get to what comes of them. #DirtyDancing #HATM

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Peter Cullen Bryan, PhD @pcbryan.bsky.social · 3d

At least it's safer than that OTHER camp across the way... #DirtyDancing #HATM

a man and a woman are walking down a road with a bicycle in the background and a yellow sign that says 11

Alt: a man and a woman are walking down a road with a bicycle in the background and a yellow sign that says "You're going to camp blood, ain't ya?"

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Peter Cullen Bryan, PhD @pcbryan.bsky.social · 3d

Feels like a line (though more that he intends to, and gets a little wary after Chaney, Goodman, and Schwerner are killed the following year), but probably donates a healthy sum to the cause. #DirtyDancing #HATM

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Peter Cullen Bryan, PhD @pcbryan.bsky.social · 3d

1. I had conflated it with Footloose in my mind, and it was a little shocking with some of the plot developments forthcoming (and also this actually being a good movie). #DirtyDancing #HATM

Jason Herbert @herberthistory.bsky.social · 3d

That brings us to tonight's #HATM questions:
1) What are your memories of the first time you saw this movie?
2) And hell, it's a furlough. What are we drinking tonight?

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Peter Cullen Bryan, PhD @pcbryan.bsky.social · 3d

He's still working his way through undergrad - his PhD from NYU doesn't come for a while after this. #DirtyDancing #HATM

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Peter Cullen Bryan, PhD @pcbryan.bsky.social · 3d

Dirty Dancing received a single Oscar nomination for Best Song, which it naturally won, and had some awards buzz, netting Golden Globe nominations for Swayze (lost to Robin Williams for Good Morning Vietnam) and Grey (lost to Cher in Moonstruck, on her way to the Oscar). #DirtyDancing #HATM

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Peter Cullen Bryan, PhD @pcbryan.bsky.social · 3d

Dirty Dancing was a surprise hit in late summer 1987, opening in fourth place in a busy August weekend, and did steady business through Christmas (staying in the weekend top ten until January). It did even better globally, landing at $214 million against a $4.5 million budget. #DirtyDancing #HATM

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