Hello readers
Well now, just about to go to bed on a normal night like any other day, but just as im going what happens, i find out that Patrick Swayzee, the well known actor and singer, has finally lost his battle with pancreatic cancer.
I really have been taken aback by the news. Only recently we lost Michael Jackson to what is seemingly becoming a more sinister death, and now as well as him, yet another true star has now gone before his time. And both i admired very highly.
Patrick was without doubt a very rare breed of actor. They don’t make them like him anymore. His performance in Dirty Dancing is one of the greatest performances of all time. The chemistry between his character and Baby is in my opinion one of if not the greatest movie romance of all time. The final dance scene accompanied by Jennifer Warnes and Bill Medley’s ‘I’ve had the time of my life’ is the most powerful of scenes and is etched in the mind of all generations old and young who have watched the film. And that’s the difference between what makes an actor good and what makes them brilliant. Their appeal to all people around the world. I mean im only 19 yet i have watched the film made all those years ago and quite frankly most modern day films don’t compare. True love, true passion, and a a true sense that you the audience are on that dancefloor having the time of your life.
And it’s not only his acting skills i hold in high regard but also his voice. Many actors try and fail to make the transition from actor to singer yet Patrick pulled off both with seemingly no trouble at all. And with transition in effect what did he give the world, ‘She’s like the wind’, a truly beautiful love song about a man’s longing for something he knows ultimately he cannot have. The lyrics are beautiful, the music is beautiful, the way he pulls the song off is incredible and it is definately my favourite song of the Dirty Dancing soundtrack.
And now he is gone i can’t help but feel this emptiness inside. The man who has inspired many people around the world through his acting and his music is no longer here. That is why he is a rare breed, he wasn’t some overpaid, overconfident superstar who needed stuntmen to pull of all his tricks or special effects to try and make them more than they are, all he gave was an honest, total account of himself. He didn’t pretend to be someone he was not, he gave his all to the profession he loved and that is why i will always remember him in the middle of the dancefloor, holding Baby in the air, and imprinting that vision into my mind. But i still can’t help feeling, the world is a much emptier place without people like him around.
God speed Patrick, you will never be forgotten.
Until next time readers
