Dirty Dancing for Real
Dirty Dancing TV Imposter
by Diana Vaccarelli
Let’s play Spot the Embarrassment…hint, it’s the source of the pic on the right
May 24, 2017 will go down in history for sure – as a day of genuine showbiz infamy. On that date, ABC released a remake of the 1987 classic film of female coming of age Dirty Dancing, with catastrophic results for all involved.
THE GOOD:
- I’m going to be blunt and real, there was nothing good about this film. Not one single thing. If there had, I might have been able to write about it without having to wait a week for my stomach to settle.
THE BAD:
- Everything. No aspect of filmmaking was left undefiled. The writing, direction, acting, even the re-done music all were, well I’m sorry but they really did leave me gagging.
THE REST:
- There are some films that should not be touched. Dirty Dancing was one of them. This film should have never happened.
- Diana Vaccarelli is TVWriter™’s Critic-at-Large and a student in the TVWriter™ Online Workshop. Find out more about her HERE