Now I've finally found someone to stand by me

[rolanni]

Inquiring Minds Want To Know. . .

At the beginning of "Dirty Dancing," Baby sets us into the story-frame with a voice-over as we watch the family car driving up the turnpike there in Maine.  She says:

That was the summer of 1963 - when everybody called me Baby, and it didn't occur to me to mind. That was before President Kennedy was shot, before the Beatles came, when I couldn't wait to join the Peace Corps, and I thought I'd never find a guy as great as my dad.  That was the summer we went to Kellerman's.

So my question is -- what do Frances and Johnny do, now that they've defied just about everyone?  Does Johnny join the housepainters union?  Does Frances go on to Mount Holyoke?  More important -- does she join the Peace Corps?

What logically proceeds from the ending of "Dirty Dancing?" and!  -- bonus question -- what's the happy ending?

Go.

Oh.  Today's blog title is "The Time of My Life," Bill Medley & Jennifer Warnes.  Here's your link.

Comments

[dancinghorse.livejournal.com]

Johnny goes to Broadway, of course. Dances his way to stardom and comes the Fred Astaire of his age. Frances graduates from Mt. Holyoke, does the Peace Corps, goes to medical school and is an early adopter at Doctors Without Borders. She and Johnny meet every year or two, share memories, dance a mambo for old times' sake.

I have thought of this long and carefully, as you can see.