Dirty Dancing

I read this chronicle today that brought back thoughts I've contemplated over for a while. Annika Marklund writing about the concept of prince charming and basicly who he fucks up the minds of the female species. She's describing how Snowwhite was her favourite story as a child and of course prince charming is the ONE who brings her back to life. She draws the parallell to a more modern story, Sex and the City - the movie. A story that she means should be about woman friendships first and foremost but also ends up being about finding the one, and off course ends with Carrie getting her prince.

I don't have a special relation to the Snowwhite story and has not seen the Sex and the City movie. But I agree with Annikas argument. And there are so many more examples. Movies with love as a major theme are all around us and seem to be more aimed to and watched by girls and women. There are romantic comedies and romantic dramas that draw huge female crowds. I'm not saying that men don't see them or don't apprichiate them. Also I'm not saying that all women watch these movies or that it is the only kind of movie they watch. But I do claim that there are not many women of my generation that doesn't have a realtion to the movie Dirty Dancing. And not just have a relation but also consider it the ultimate feel good movie. Of course there are other movies that are more relevant for other generations but I'm quite sure the concept is the same.

So what is the thing with this movie? The movie about the young innocent girl from the nice family that falls in love with the hot under-class dance teacher. A love story that is not allowed to be, that struggles but, of course, win in the end when he stands up for her and shows the world that she belongs with him. "Nobody puts bay in a corner". Prince charming gives her life. A real life. Because the one she had before him made her fade away.

Thes are the stories we are fed with. From snowwhite in our childhood, through the teenage love movies that are favourites for the rest of our lives and to the more adult versions as Sex and the Cityor whatever we are watching. With this luggage, how can we be expected to have any resonable idea about relationships and love? Of course we don't expect a Prince Charming on the white horse or Johnny Castle to lift us high high in the sky. But still. The seed is planted and some times I wonder what effect it has on our view on how love should be.