There is only one film that completely takes my breath away, and brings me into a world, that every girl would like to visit one day. "Dirty Dancing" has a cult following beyond comprehension to the average person. Featuring what were at the time steamy scenes between Jennifer Grey and Patrick Swayze, this film manages to capture the romantic heart of almost every female viewer. When I think back at how this film has won my heart, I am only reminded of wonderful memories of this classic 1980's film.
             It's summer, 1963. Baby, 17 years old and all idealistic innocence, is vacationing with her parents in the Catskills. John F. Kennedy is alive, and Vietnam is not yet a major cause for panic. Baby, along with her family, is looking forward to spending the last days of summer with her family, and talks about joining the Peace Corps. The Catskills resort, Kellerman's, is the typical place of organized fun, games, and matchmaking, where the waiters come mostly from Ivy League colleges, and the clients range from kids to great-grandparents.
             Bored and curious, Baby explores into the off-limits living quarters of the staff. There, she stumbles upon a very private dace party, involving the professional dance instructors. They are dancing "dirty dances", a bump and grind sort of dancing. When dance instructor Johnny teaches the fascinated Baby, she is, in effect, not knowing, breaking the guest/workers relationship. She is sworn to secrecy, and soon, Baby is drawn into the world of dirty dancers, a world unlike anything she has experienced before.
             The initiation into womanhood will soon follow, but first, baby gets involved in the sad case of Penny, a dance instructor and longtime friend of Johnny, who is pregnant. Baby, being the do-gooder she is, comes to the rescue. She gets money from her father, which poses perhaps a problem. Her father does not know that the money is for Penny to ge...