ABC unleashed their musical remake of Dirty Dancing on Wednesday and the reactions were not pretty. The Atlantic called the TV movie a “tonally bizarro update” to the Patrick Swayze classic that aims to follow it scene-by-scene and add original songs based on the music that highlighted the original. When reviews compare it to Gus Van Sant’s remake of Psycho, you begin to piece together the type of wreck you’re about to witness.
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Despite contentious reviews, many tuned in to see one of their favorites get what was supposed to be a fun update. The reality was a three-hour broadcast that took the moments they knew by heart and ruined them, at least it did according to the reactions. If you look through the several social media posts from during the movie, you’ll see a fanbase that is falling apart moment by moment. They can’t deal with the images they’re seeing on their screen, many are willing to toss in their DVD of the original film, and a select few are trying to summon Patrick Swayze to confront the executives at ABC.
The idea behind the TV remake musical is something that seems to keep trying to stick around for some reason. For most networks, the main draw is the “live” aspect of the productions and not the planned film aspect. The reaction to Rocky Horror on Fox should’ve been a signal. Then again, ABC might’ve had a hit with all the folks possibly hate-watching Dirty Dancing. Numbers are numbers at the end of day.
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OG Dirty Dancing vs the remake of #DirtyDancing pic.twitter.com/FffsSOogMp
— ParrotNoir (@ParrotNoir) May 25, 2017
When tweets are better than the remake #DirtyDancing pic.twitter.com/F4gj6QXFpU
— Sara K. Lavergne (@saraklavergne) May 25, 2017
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Whoever thought to remake #dirtydancing pic.twitter.com/gAUJfrMo4p
— ParrotNoir (@ParrotNoir) May 25, 2017
This #DirtyDancing remake is like your child's middle school play that is terrible so you just sit through it like pic.twitter.com/CTUv6fKHGA
— Hannah (@hantweetss) May 25, 2017
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Watching the dirty dancing remake like #DirtyDancing pic.twitter.com/uXI4UtHz2N
— Vincent Mercurio (@VinMercurio) May 25, 2017
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Me when I saw the guy they cast as Johnny in the #DirtyDancing remake. pic.twitter.com/THypWuoa1C
— Vanessa Gonzalez (@V_G0N) May 25, 2017
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Me as each minute goes by in this show #DirtyDancing pic.twitter.com/ERllNjIF7z
— ★ (@hynesandroses) May 25, 2017
ABC: Eveyone will love the remake of #DirtyDancing pic.twitter.com/iOqSkMVVqU
— Alyse Gambles (@AlyseGambles) May 25, 2017
#DirtyDancing why does baby look like a tired mother of two toddlers? pic.twitter.com/fBcx04YmWn
— Chef Natha (@DocMcNatha) May 25, 2017
Thinking of ways to forget that #DirtyDancing ending. What the… pic.twitter.com/gi2DNrYQ1Y
— Marlana (@MarleneForet) May 25, 2017
Me coming to see how much people liked #DirtyDancing pic.twitter.com/OzHTWfnSVC
— JekyllorHyde (@JekyllorHydecom) May 25, 2017
I WANT MY HOURS BACK #DirtyDancing pic.twitter.com/6AeiT0IadP
— alicia 🎃 (@aliciamarino10) May 25, 2017
I have post-movie sickness. How could they destroy a classic so tremendously? I should have known. #DirtyDancing #PutBabyBackintheCorner pic.twitter.com/aVo5YSO2P4
— Nicole (@WheresWehrle) May 25, 2017
We shall now all hold hands and promise never to speak of this again. #dirtydancing #notmydirtydancing pic.twitter.com/IR73J0bKCm
— Ashley Raymer-Brown (@ARaymerBrown) May 25, 2017
#DirtyDancing ABC You do NOT change the ending. You have just taken a huge dump on a classic 💩💩💩💩😠😠😠!!! pic.twitter.com/ju0tM3vupR
— Boops D'Snoots (@Wowchic76) May 25, 2017
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And just like that, #DirtyDancing Havana Nights doesn't seem so bad. pic.twitter.com/GHgpCBPOkl
— Kristi Steinhour (@SteinhourKristi) May 25, 2017
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Why couldn't you just use the original music? #DirtyDancing pic.twitter.com/xJGCEQHKXx
— 𝓔𝓻𝓲𝓷 𝓜𝓪𝓮 (@MaerinB) May 25, 2017
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Me rn watching the remake of #dirtydancing : pic.twitter.com/wMo17tYh8h
— jaylene (@jaylenegrande) May 25, 2017
How I feel about this remake #dirtydancing pic.twitter.com/jDWTHwuahR
— Myleen (@_RadioRebellion) May 25, 2017
Lol at the #dirtydancing remake. No. pic.twitter.com/YZhOFg1RkF
— Lauren Hauff ✨ (@LjSweetness) May 25, 2017
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I would like to see musical remakes of other Patrick Swayze films. You could easily do Road House and toss it out as a blue collar trip back to the rowdiest bar in Missouri. You’d have to tone down the violence but people would tune in.
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