14 Odd Facts About What Happened On The Set Of ‘Dirty Dancing’

9. The script for Dirty Dancing was penned by a woman named Eleanor Bergstein in 1987. During an interview, Eleanor claimed that the lead characters of the movie, Johnny and Baby, were actually influenced by her own life and her summers spent in the Catskills.

Eleanor has never gone into detail about how much of her own life made it into the script itself, but she has discussed how her family would often spend summers at different resorts in the Catskills, just like Baby and her family. Whether there was a “real life” Johnny is a subject of much mystery—and Eleanor has stayed mum. Frankly, it is probably better to leave that to the imagination, don’t you think?

10. Many fans might not have noticed this, but throughout the film, Baby usually wears very light colors and Johnny is mostly dressed in dark colors. This is to help the audience subconsciously note the contrast in their personality types.

Although the fact that the two characters wear different colors from each other throughout the film was a conscious choice, it is never directly addressed in the film. It doesn’t have to be!

It is clear from the beginning of the movie that while the two are drawn to each other, Baby and Johnny’s very different backgrounds and views of the world make them as different from each other as two people could possibly be. Baby is virginal, while Johnny is dark and mysterious.

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