How did Baby's Dad let her down in Dirty Dancing?
I just watched Dirty Dancing with my wife the other night. One line in particular utterly baffled me...when Baby (Jennifer Grey) apologizes to her father on the dock, she concludes by saying "I'm sorry I let you down, but you let me down, too!"
How? Was it because he assumed that the father of the girl's baby was Johnny (Patrick Swayze) EXACTLY LIKE SHE DID? Was it because he couldn't trust her word that Johnny was innocent? I can't even make out what the intended meaning was.
Best Answer
The whole transcript of the scene is as follows:
"I told you I was telling the truth Daddy. I'm sorry I lied to you. But you lied too. You told me everyone was alike and deserved a fair break. But you meant everyone who was like you. You told me you wanted me to change the world, make it better. But you meant by becoming a lawyer or an economist and marrying someone from Harvard. I'm not proud of myself, but I'm in this family too and you can't keep giving me the silent treatment. There are a lot of things about me that aren't what you thought. But if you love me, you have to love all the things about me. And I love you, and I'm sorry I let you down, I'm so sorry Daddy. But you let me down too."
She is talking about her father's description of life and how people lived and treated each other created a distorted view of society in her mind.
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