« previous Dance instructor Johnny (Patrick Swayze) is determined to dance with his lover Baby (Jennifer Grey) one last time at the end-of-season talent show. He struts into the hall in his cool leather coat, walks up to her family’s table and defiantly proclaims to Baby’s strict and disapproving father… “Nobody puts Baby in a corner.” This […] next »

Nobody puts Baby in a corner.

Dance instructor Johnny (Patrick Swayze) is determined to dance with his lover Baby (Jennifer Grey) one last time at the end-of-season talent show. He struts into the hall in his cool leather coat, walks up to her family's table and defiantly proclaims to Baby's strict and disapproving father... "Nobody puts Baby in a corner."

This one is both literal and figurative. Baby is actually sitting in a corner when Johnny says this. But the underlying meaning is that Baby should be free to do what and be who she wants, rather than put in a box by familial and societal pressures. See, 1987's dance drama Dirty Dancing is a lot deeper than you thought.

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