Cairo, the 23rd December, 2010
Cold shows and CENSORED "Dirty Dancing"
How hard it is to dance when dancing is the last thing you wish to do at that precise moment?
Maybe I need some meditation time, maybe I need some sitting still time and maybe I know I cannot have none of both because I am a professional dancer and a PROFESSIO
NAL DANCER does HER JOB, even when she doesn't feel like it.
NAL DANCER does HER JOB, even when she doesn't feel like it. Reality, dear girl!
To crown the bad mood for dancing, only my classic childhood movie could save the day:
DIRTY DANCING.
Patrick Swayze looking sexier than ever, absolutely gorgeous and dancing like "it should be". Oh, dear Lord...God must have been inspired when he created that man!:)
There was just a slight irritation: all the sensual, love scenes from the movie were completely cut from the movie projection on television.
The beautiful scene with Jennifer Grey and Patrick Swayze dancing in his bedroom, the staff dancing parlour with all the sexy, delicious moves of mambo...ALL the DANCE and SENSUAL LOVE scenes just vanished like they never existed!
I am already used to censorship in Egypt but cutting some of the juicier, most exciting scenes on "DIRTY DANCING" really freaked me out.
Besides reducing music and dance to minimum presence in this country, now even sensual scenes are cut for the sake of God knows whom.
The big contradiction is that egyptian movies have far more sexually exposed scenes than foreign movies but national product must be under a different, much smoother and benevolent cutting hands censorship.
Cabarets with prostitutes throwing themselves on client's laps covered in haxixe don't seem to be considered shameful but a sensual scene where two people in love dance together is highly pornographic.
Maybe one day I will understand this and many other egyptian dilemmas and contradictions.
Meanwhile, I try to release my irritation by dancing Tango with my favourite partner
(Yes, I FOUND HIM!). It does not recover "Dirty Dancing" juicy cut scenes but, at least, it's my own personal revenge agaisnt egyptian hypocrisy.
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