Tribute: Patrick Swayze
Posted on September 14, 2009 at 10:43 pm
Patrick Swayze died today as he lived and performed, with class and grace.
Swayze’s association with iconic appearances in Dirty Dancing, Road House
, Point Break
, and Ghost
are so towering that we forget sometimes what range and skill he showed as an elegant drag queen in To Wong Foo Thanks for Everything Julie Newmar, as a motivational speaker with a dark side in Donnie Darko
, and as an eager finalist for a job as a Chippendale’s dancer on “Saturday Night Live.” No one could say that line about putting Baby in the corner and make us believe it like Swayze. He was a superb performer and a class act. He handled his illness with dignity and courage. I wish there was a psychic like the one Whoopi Goldberg played in “Ghost” who could bring him back for just one more dance.