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VIEWPOINT: The Contemporary Pull of ‘Dirty Dancing’ — Seductive Sex, Pollyanna Politics and Peace

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Viewpoint

  • Publication: East Hampton Press
  • Published on: Sep 2, 2024
  • Columnist: Viewpoint
By Joan Baum 1963 — not the best of times, not the worst — writer Eleanor Bergstein caught it on the cusp of change when, almost 40 years ago, she... more

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