I first saw this "ugly duckling" story in seventh grade at a friend's house overnight. We watched it at about 3 in the morning with the volume as low as possible and turned it off everytime we thought we heard a noise upstairs, because we expected to get in trouble if getting caught watching such a racy movie as "Dirty Dancing."
Baby is not as gorgeous or as popular as her older sister and her daddy wants her to stay the innocent and wholesome little princess in the family. But Baby is ready to grow up. It takes a few dance lessons at the vacation camp, but eventually her family and the whole crowd of vacationers gets to see and appreciate her "coming out" moment as a sexy woman who can really cut up the rug with her lover. There are a few other delay of recognition sub-plots going on that make this movie even more delightful, such as the dad finally recognizing his misjudgment about who got Penny in trouble, and the purse thieves turning out to be the last people that anyone would suspect. And a general recognition by all of us that the boundaries separating the rich vacationers and the hired staff may be about who has the money and the power, but not about who has the class.
All these movies I haven't seen in such a long time, just talking about them makes me want to enjoy them again. There just isn't enough time in the day!
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