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"My intention was to honor
the Borsht Belt and show its
great grace," claimed Bergs-
tein. She did warn them that
there was a risk that once the
script was made into a film,
it would be out of her hands.
But Bergstein was able to
counter her fears about the
script being distorted by co-
producing the film with Lin-
da Gottlieb and having a
close working relationship
with the director, Emile Ar-
dolino. An Academy Award-
winning theater and dance
director, Ardolino was recep-
tive to Bergstein's vision of
her summer world. "I wanted
to capture this last graceful
moment of Jewish liberalism
which was at the end of
Camelot itself. And I am so
grateful to the director for
sharing this vision with me
and feel equal responsibility
in honoring this world."
Both Bergstein and the
choreographer, Kenny Ortego,
had grown up doing dirty
dancing, each on a different
coast. They would
demonstrate their teenage
moves for the cast on the set.
And Ortega incorporated his
memories to create dance
scenes in the film, reminis-
cent of West Side Story
routines and early 1960s
"soul dancing" with a Latin
accent.
Bergstein was at the audi-
tions the day that Jennifer
Grey, daughter of actor Joel
Grey, tried out. She recalled
that the younger Grey, like all
the main actors, had to first
demonstrate she could dance.
It had been decided that
unlike Flashdance, there
would be no stand-ins for the
dance scenes. Grey later ad-
mitted that she never wanted
a part so much in her life
since it was so much like
herself. She won the part on
the first try, but kept on in-
sisting she could do the danc-
ing better and did it again.
In a recent New York Times
interview, Grey claimed that
Hollywood thought her "too
Jewish for roles, like
Flashdance. But the one that
killed me was Down and Out
in Beverly Hills," she said. "I
thought, if I can't play Bette
Midler's daughter and
Richard Dreyfuss's daughter,
why am I in this business?"
When casting the part of
Johnny, Bergstein told the
director she wanted an actor
whose eyes could turn cold
when he was withdrawn and
not show his vulnerability.
Patrick Swayze's publicity
picture captured her eye. His
experience as a professional
dancer and his acting ability
made him a perfect choice as
Johnny.
When Bergstein was asked
if she thought Dirty Dancing
was a woman's movie, she
disagreed. She felt that men
could easily identify with the
film in two ways. One with
the father's story of the "sum-
mer when your daddy finally
lets you go." And young men
identify with Johnny's
toughness on the outside and
how he holds his fears inside.
Bergstein had toyed with
the idea of using the owners,
like Paul Grossinger and
Murray Posner, as witnesses
throughout the film, like the
technique employed in Reds.
Although this idea never
made it on the screen, she
feels confident that she was
able to "enter into the Cat-
skills world . . . in a respect-
ful and loving manner."
Her phone is now ringing
off the hook with con-
gratulatory calls from those
she interviewed who have
seen the film or heard about
it. They thanked her for
bringing this world to the
screen. She had received calls
from dance instructors as well
as from Grossinger who had
heard good reports about the
film and was planning to see
it soon.
Both her parents have died
and she bemoans the fact that
they are not around to see the
family portrait in the film.
While she was being inter-
viewd, her sister stopped by to
get a couple Dirty Dancing t-
shirts. Her sister wanted to
wear them on her vacation
where she was going golfing.
Bergstein claims that her
sister was a mathematician
in her adolescence, and that
the character of Baby's sister
was really closer to her.
Bergstein is also a novelist
and short story writer. She
majored in creative writing
with a minor in politics at the
University of Pennsylvania.
Her first novel was Advancing
Paul Newman and she has
another one coming out next
fall. Her first screenplay was
a comedy, It's My Turn, which
starred Jill Clayburgh and
Michael Douglas. She has a
script about a call-in talk
show that was written with
Dr. Ruth Westheimer in
mind. But with the "AIDS
scare," she is re-writing it.
She has been married for 20
years to a professor of
Shakespeare and modern
drama at Princeton. She
claims, "He had to learn to
dance before I would marry
him!'
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