What did Baby's dad do to Penny?

At Kellerman's resort, where Jake and his family are vacationing, Baby finds out that Johnny Castle's dance partner Penny Johnson is pregnant by Robbie Gould, a philandering med school student working as a waiter at the resort, and Baby borrows money from her dad Jake which she secretly uses to pay for an abortion for ...
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Why was Baby's dad mad at Dirty Dancing?

But Dad's still angry at Johnny, who he sees as stealing his daughter's innocence. When Johnny comes to Dad to apologize, Dad tells Johnny: JAKE: I see someone in front of me who got his partner in trouble and sent her off to some butcher while he moved to an innocent young girl like my daughter. Ouch.
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What did Robbie do to Penny in Dirty Dancing?

During the conversation, Baby learns that Robbie, who is supposedly dating her sister, is responsible for Penny's pregnancy. The next day, Baby confronts Robbie and tries to get him to give Penny $250 for an abortion.
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Who was the father of Penny's Baby in Dirty Dancing?

One evening, Baby discovers Penny crying in the kitchen, and finds out the dancer is pregnant. “Robbie the creep” (played by Max Cantor) is the father, she says, and she wants an abortion. An illegal abortion.
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How much money does Baby ask her dad for in Dirty Dancing?

Baby tells her dad that someone is "in trouble" and she asks for $250. He agrees to loan her the money, even though she won't tell him why.
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Penny tells her dad Leonard is having a baby (S12E15)



What does don't put Baby in the corner mean?

The meaning behind the phrase 'nobody puts baby in the corner' is that no one with talent should be stopped from expressing it or showing it off. It's about self-expression – about enabling anyone to be their best self, and a striking call against anyone who strives to keep people's potential at bay.
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Who made the most money from Dirty Dancing?

Jennifer Grey will retain all the earnings and residuals from her iconic 1987 film, Dirty Dancing, in her divorce settlement with husband Clark Gregg.
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Did Baby and Johnny sleep together?

After Baby apologizes to Johnny for her father's behavior, they dance and have sex.
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Who got Penny pregnant?

History. In The Change Constant, after Penny took Sheldon out drinking at the Cheesecake Factory, she returned to Leonard and had spontaneous sex with him without any protection which resulted in her pregnancy. In the series finale, Penny finds out that she is expecting a baby.
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Does Baby sleep with Johnny?

Lisa's character is fuelled by a lack of attention, something which is explicitly dealt with when she finds out Baby slept with Johnny. Starved of fatherly-attention and clearly pitted against her sister, Lisa is struggling under the societal pressures to be like her conforming and mostly-silent mother.
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What Happened to Baby and Johnny after the summer?

But the biggest change was probably the ending. A flashforward to Baby and Johnny's future revealed him to be a Broadway star in a show based on their summer romance, while Baby was a married mom. They weren't together anymore and it seemed like they hadn't seen each other in years.
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Who died from Dirty Dancing?

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Actor Patrick Swayze, whose turn as a smoldering dance instructor in “Dirty Dancing” made him one of the iconic film stars of the 1980s, died on Monday after a long battle with pancreatic cancer. He was 57.
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Does Penny get pregnant in Dirty Dancing?

While the word abortion is never actually used in the film, Penny gets pregnant by waiter Robbie and it is implied that in order to keep her job she needs to “take care of it.” The procedure is vividly described when Penny returns in a state of shock, and it is revealed that the abortion was performed by a doctor with ...
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Was Baby a virgin Dirty Dancing?

She's daddy's little girl, she's focused on academics instead of romance, and she's a virgin. That's all about to change on this memorable summer vacation. Baby's innocence is the focus of the first act of the film, and it's best summed up by this iconic line.
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What is the message of Dirty Dancing?

Even more important than her physical and sexual education over the course of Dirty Dancing is Baby's moral one. The dance instructions she (and we) learn from Johnny symbolize important values— like independence and self-responsibility within partnership, faith, and trust, and courage.
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Why is Dirty Dancing controversial?

The not-so-subtle abortion plot

I was surprised by how the film weaved such a controversial topic into its content because fast forward 33 years later, abortion is still as divisive and taboo now as it was back then. In fact, it was so alienating that potential investors had second thoughts about the film.
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Do Penny and Leonard get divorced?

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Leonard and Penny are still going strong in the season, even after the gang finds out that she is actually married! Turns out, Penny and Zack got irresponsibly married in Vegas, but thought it wasn't legal, and they now have to get their marriage annulled.
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Did Sheldon and Amy have a baby?

Leonard Cooper is the son of Sheldon Cooper and Amy Farrah Fowler. He does not have a physical appearance in the series, only being mentioned by his father.
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Why Penny has no last name?

Kaley Cuoco once revealed that writers threw some last names around over the years. While the writers have insisted that the production team picked no last name for Penny because they didn't want to jinx it, Kaley Cuoco once said they did consider some surnames over the years.
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How old is Baby Houseman in Dirty Dancing?

The movie is set in 1963, and Baby is 18, while Jonny is 24. In real life Jennifer Grey was 26 when she was cast as Baby, a character that was intended to be fresh out of high school. When Patrick Swayze was cast to play the role of Johnny in the film, he was 34.
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Who slept with Robbie in Dirty Dancing?

If they teach classiness at Yale, Robbie overslept that day. He can't open his mouth without something horrible coming out. He accuses Penny of "bon[ing] every guy in the place" and tells Baby she's "slumming" when he finds out she slept with Johnny.
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What Happened to Baby Dirty Dancing?

Broderick was convicted of careless driving and fined $175. Dirty Dancing was released a few weeks after the collision, catapulting Grey to fame. But she has said that her grief and survivor's guilt over the crash prevented her from enjoying the film's success, and led her to withdraw from acting for some time.
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How much did it cost to film Dirty Dancing?

It was a reminder that the magic of the 1987 version could not be duplicated. The original “Dirty Dancing” was one of the summer's biggest surprises. It was filmed on a $6 million budget and earned $213 million at the box office, plus has a long and booming afterlife in video and spinoffs.
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Where did they film Dirty Dancing?

If you've caught the Dirty Dancing fever again, it might be time to plan a trip to Southwest Virginia. While Baby and Johnny's original story was set at the fictional Kellerman Resort in the Catskills of New York State, the film was shot largely at the idyllic Mountain Lake Lodge in Pembroke, Virginia.
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Where is the real dirty dancing filmed?

The Real Dirty Dancing is filmed in the original location where the movie, starring Patrick Swayze and Jennifer Grey, was filmed. The setting for Dirty Dancing was filmed at the Mountain Lake Lodge in Pembroke, Virginia which has become the backdrop for the new series.
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