He’s Like the Wind: Patrick Swayze
2009 took another bite of 1980s greatness tonight: Patrick Swayze. Some of my favorite Patrick Swayze moments after the jump.
Check out the size of his hair!
Nobody puts Baby in a corner.
I still want to learn how to dance like that!
And, I know this one was nothing but a poor, American attempt at recreating The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert (starring General Zod, Agent Smith, and Ed Exley as female impersonators), but I really like Swayze in his role as Vida. He made a handsome woman:
I don’t care what anyone says. I really like “She’s Like the Wind.”
Patrick Swayze died today. He was 57.
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Lisa Fary is a graduate of the creative writing program at Florida State University and holds an advanced degree in Special Education. Her earliest influences are Princess Leia, Rainbow Bright, Astronaut Barbie, and her 6th grade teacher, Ms. Palmer. She’s angry that it’s almost 2010 and she still doesn’t have a hovercraft, but will accept a jetpack as consolation. That jetpack had better be pink with a rhinestone monogram.
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This is an awesome mini-retrospective.
But HOW DO YOU NOT INCLUDE A DIRTY DANCING CLIP WITH THE LIFT IN IT?!
Because I feel like the lift is all about Baby’s growth as a person rather than Johnny’s. Plus, I wasn’t able to find a clip that hat both the lift and “Nobody puts Baby in a corner.”