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Gender And Sexuality Play A Key Part Within The Film Dirty Dancing. Discuss. The film is set in the year of 1963, John F Kennedy was still president and the Vietnam War was not considered a threat, the Beatles had yet not reached America and the Freedom riders were on. In reality the well known and loved, cult girly film, and 'classic' romance was made in 1987. There have been many attempts throughout the film to represent the time in which it was set and yet there are clear indications that the film is of a more modern make. Essentially the film could be classed as both a dancing film and a romance in its genre. It aims to demythologise the myth of the American dream by portraying fundamental rifts within societies thinking. The idea of a relationship occurring between the workers (working class) and upper classes is not a new subject, yet it is obvious that many issues raised within the film, show a deep argument about moral ideas posed by sex. The film opens with a stirring sound track with the montage of suggestive images in black and white gyrating across the screen. The viewer from the opening scenes maybe has an idea why the film is called dirty dancing. Right from the beginning it is clear that the majorit
Penny explains that she doesn't 'sleep around'. " Baby turns and reaches for her father and is intercepted by another person. She is also shown in two separate scenes curled up in a foetal position, asleep. They are all examples of Sexual promiscuity being seen in a bad light throughout t!he film. It is only when she fully trusts Johnny that she allows her bra to be seen fully by him. 'Robbie-the-creep' is a good example of this. The Jewish upper class visitors, namely Baby's family, dislike him because he sleeps around. Within the view there is one black couple dancing with each other. Neither gets any gain over the other. This is echoed in the dancer Penny. Previously she has been instructed to follow his lead. The ideas that by portraying oneself as a being intent on sexual behaviour doesn't automatically mean licentious viewpoints.
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