Guilty pleasures

Posted by Meg Allison, 09/25/09 09:00 AM

Guilty pleasures … those things in life that we love, that we can’t do without, and yet feel guilty about enjoying. It can be because they aren’t intellectual enough or aren’t good for us in some way. It may simply be our egos caving in to peer pressure … that need to fit in.

Whatever our guilty pleasure may be, we indulge — often in secret — because it makes us happy.

I was reminded of the subject this past week when Patrick Swayze passed away. For many years, DIRTY DANCING was one of my guilty pleasures. The title alone put it on that list — not to mention the very suggestive dance moves. ;) Besides, it seemed more a film aimed at teens and I was an old lady of twenty-something by then. LOL!

So what makes that one, simple film so memorable for me? What makes it a film I still watch — alone — whenever I get the chance? The romance, of course! Yes, the fantastic dancing also helps, not to mention the music and a cast of fascinating characters.

Johnny was a hero to die for. How could I not adore a gorgeous man who seemed such the bad-boy, and yet stood by his girl when things got tough? A knight in black leather. A man who could be sexy and tough… and yet oh-so vulnerable.

Now doesn’t that sound like the perfect romance hero? ;)

Do you have any guilty pleasures?

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Comments: [3]

  1. 1 Laura Hamby

    Guilty pleasure: the movie Music and Lyrics with Hugh Grant and Drew Barrymore.

    I saw it in the theater with a girlfriend, and the opening sequence is a1980’s-esque music video that had the two of us squealing in painful embarrassment because we recognized the decade and had enjoyed the videos of the ’80’s as teenagers and young women in our 20’s. You couldn’t see that and not have flashbacks to Duran Duran. Totally impossible.

    We enjoyed the rest of the movie, and I’ll admit I own it on DVD. So I can watch it over and over. I’ve just about stopped feeling mortified during the video portion, but not quite.

    Comment by Laura Hamby · Sep 25, 05:08 PM
  2. 2 Lainey Reese

    I LOVED Dirty Dancing. I loved it so much that I saw it at a mattene showing and raced to gather my two best friends and brought them back to watch it THAT NIGHT!!! I own and indulge regularly… I own Ghost and do the same with that movie too. I cried like a baby when we lost him.
    No one will ever be quite the same. He was so manly and tough, yet he danced like an angel and was super romantic…unmatchable, unequaled and unforgetable

    Comment by Lainey Reese · Sep 25, 08:47 PM
  3. 3 Meg Allison

    Laura, I adore Music and Lyrics! That opening also took me back in time. :)

    Lainey, I’ve never had a copy of DIRTY DANCING (not yet, anyhow) but I did have a cassette of the soundtrack. Those songs — especially She’s Like the Wind — still move me.

    Comment by Meg Allison · Sep 26, 11:54 AM

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