And so, in no particular order, why I hold Swayze close to my heart:
1.
2. The incredible Chris Farley 'Chippendales' SNL sketch: few others have come so close to the rarefied air of the infamous Bowie/Jagger 'Dancin' in the Streets' collaboration.
3. The Bodhisattva
4. "Good looking people turn me off. Myself included."
5. For being being a part of Keanu Reeves delivering the lines 'I am an FBI Agent!' in two different feature films [Youngblood, where Keanu plays a French-Canadian goalie, and the canonical Point Break]
6. "Back off Warchild, seriously."
7. Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights
8. "Chill, brah. You know who this is? Johnny Utah. Ohio State, all-conference"
9. Being involved in Keanu going to law school on a football scholarship.
10. Road House: "Pain don't hurt" and "My way...or the highway."
This could go on for a while (and would involve a link to the entire Point Break screenplay), but I think that is sufficient. Feel better soon, brah.
1 comment:
Patrick Swayze is high on my pure-pleasure-to-watch list; number two in fact, just behind Matthew Mcconaughey. Patrick is number two only in that he doesn't
show the comedic sense that Matthew does in some movies. However, my favorite Matthew movie is A Time to Kill which isn't a romantic comedy. Among the many appealing features of Patrick for me are the grace with which he moves and his unabashed sex-appeal which includes respect for women. My copies of Dirty Dancing and Young Blood are well worn. Thank you for making this opportunity to honor Patrick.
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