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Tear Jerker / Dirty Dancing

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  • The scene where Johnny and Baby said their goodbyes as Johnny leaves in his car, accompanied by the song "She's Like the Wind". It becomes much more poignant with Swayze's passing.
  • When Baby confronts her father, Dr. Houseman, especially when she cries to him, "I'm sorry I let you down, Daddy, but you let me down too." Even after she departs, the tough-as-nails doctor is on the verge of tears himself.
  • Penny's whole situation. She gets with someone who she thought loved her, he gets her pregnant and becomes a total jerk to her by leaving her, denying the child is his and telling anyone who'll listen that she slept around. She has to get an abortion, but that could put both her career and that of her dancing partner in jeopardy, and then it turns out the person providing the abortion is a back-alley doctor, the experience is horrendous and she nearly dies.

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