{"id":1458,"date":"2009-09-15T13:15:41","date_gmt":"2009-09-15T03:15:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.msnaughty.com\/blog\/?p=1458"},"modified":"2009-09-15T13:15:41","modified_gmt":"2009-09-15T03:15:41","slug":"patrick-swayze-thanks-for-the-shirtlessness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/msnaughty.com\/blog\/2009\/09\/15\/patrick-swayze-thanks-for-the-shirtlessness\/","title":{"rendered":"Patrick Swayze: Thanks For The Shirtlessness."},"content":{"rendered":"

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Today brings the sad news that Patrick Swayze has finally succumbed to pancreatic cancer.<\/p>\n

I thought I’d add a blog post on behalf of all the thirty-something women who are feeling a little bit sad right now. In our teens, Patrick embodied an ideal of manhood that was very appealing. His role as Johnny Castle in Dirty Dancing<\/em> was certainly romantic… but it was something else too. He represented an awakening of sexual desire, both in Jennifer Grey’s Baby character and within ourselves.<\/p>\n

There’s a reason Swazye was voted the best near-naked man on screen<\/a>. He spends almost half of Dirty Dancing<\/em> sans shirt. And the camera spends a lot of time lingering over his muscles and chiselled good looks. That film treats Patrick with a distinctly female gaze and I know that many, many women responded positively to that.<\/p>\n

Just look at the “Cry To Me” scene from Dirty Dancing<\/em>. Baby is the one in control here and she’s the one admiring him. That’s pretty rare in a mainstream film. And it’s also very sexy.<\/p>\n

Cry to Me Clip<\/a>
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\nAh Patrick. Yes, you did a great many other good things, but it’s this that I will remember you for. Thanks for the shirtlessness. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Today brings the sad news that Patrick Swayze has finally succumbed to pancreatic cancer. I thought I’d add a blog post on behalf of all the thirty-something women who are feeling a little bit sad right now. In our teens, Patrick embodied an ideal of manhood that was very appealing. His role as Johnny Castle in Dirty Dancing was certainly romantic… but it was something else too. He represented an Read More …<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1458","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hot-pics","category-popular-culture"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t