Oh, Baby: People really hated ABC’s ‘Dirty Dancing’ remake
ABC should have left Baby in the corner.
On Wednesday, the network managed to do what no politician has been able to do since our divisive election in November: It united the country.
The scorn was nearly universal for the remake of the 1987 classic “Dirty Dancing.”
The new version starred Abigail Breslin and Colt Prattes as Baby Houseman and Johnny Castle in the roles originated by Jennifer Grey and Patrick Swayze.
The paid critics savaged it – a “sad, strange production,” wrote The Atlantic.
But viewers scorched it in real time on Twitter with epic enthusiasm, leaving nothing left but ashes.
#DirtyDancing movie got me feeling like... pic.twitter.com/fttKcWdEBO
— Codybill (@Codybill_) 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 Litaker (@HLitty) May 25, 2017
And now, the judge's scores #DirtyDancing @DancingABC pic.twitter.com/qrRdscvVfU
— Jordan Stefanski (@SirSassquatch) May 25, 2017
I have a lot of questions for the @ABCNetwork regarding this #DirtyDancing remake... pic.twitter.com/ryVrd2Bj43
— Momma Bear (@NewMommaBear) May 25, 2017
#DirtyDancing Remake had me and my mom like... pic.twitter.com/4qo7It95JC
— Briana Pizarro (@JustBriBri11) May 25, 2017
One scene in particular — the famous dance lift — left people low. They preferred the version in that funny UnitedHealthcare commercial, which aired toward the end of the movie. Ouch.
Nope nope nope nope. Nobody puts Baby in a remake. #DirtyDancing pic.twitter.com/d6MfIqYAe9
— JaymeTyZane™ (@JaymeTyZane) May 25, 2017
It's like the epitome of a Pinterest fail. #DirtyDancing #nailedit pic.twitter.com/w4TLXDPGVo
— Stacey Renee (@StaceofBase20) May 25, 2017
Al Roker did a better job #DirtyDancing pic.twitter.com/KU4SpvsZcZ
— MiSomnia (@FreyaWalnuts) May 25, 2017
#DirtyDancing omg, the last dancing scene we've been waiting for pic.twitter.com/ttSXIGFfmC
— Megan Elise Saxty (@sexysaxty7) May 25, 2017
What would the late great Swayze think, fans wondered?
"Oh hell no." -Patrick Swayze #dirtydancing pic.twitter.com/NmdOa3cuZ3
— ashley nettles (@anettles4) May 25, 2017
You liked this? You lie!
To anyone claiming they like the #DirtyDancing remake... pic.twitter.com/kTeDXUVXNm
— Jessica Floyd Regitz (@JessFPardue) May 25, 2017
To sum up ...
Pretty much sums up the #DirtyDancing remake: pic.twitter.com/jR0aRfwhBs
— Charles Battle (@cbattle2) May 25, 2017
If ABC was smart, they'd run the original #DirtyDancing the next three nights in primetime without commercials, as penance for their crimes.
— Justin Schillo (@mordock57) May 25, 2017
For all the young girls watching #DirtyDancing for the 1st time tonight. Please go rent or stream the original. Trust me. pic.twitter.com/t1HSZNJ7F0
— KristinDeLuciaMorgan (@kmorgan76) May 25, 2017
Oh, P.S.: About that new ending? No, no, no.
This ending. Oh no. Really. Was it necessary#DirtyDancing pic.twitter.com/rnrcYxvkXY
— Shelby ☄ (@Sh3llbbyyy__) May 25, 2017
And then y'all end it like this
— a.m. (@headphonewearer) May 25, 2017
I want a damn t-shirt after making it through this mess.
-I SURVIVED DIRTY DANCING 2017-#DirtyDancing pic.twitter.com/We1S0JmXpX
#DirtyDancing nice they included the shot of the people who appreciate this remake pic.twitter.com/1FXlp86Cdw
— Genesa Camacho (@camacho_gen) May 25, 2017
This story was originally published May 25, 2017 at 8:59 AM with the headline "Oh, Baby: People really hated ABC’s ‘Dirty Dancing’ remake."