TV Article Dirty Dancing: 20th Anniversary Edition By Nicholas Fonseca Nicholas Fonseca Nicholas Fonseca watches ''Days of Our Lives'' religiously and thinks washing dishes by hand is the cheapest form of therapy on earth. EW's editorial guidelines Published on May 4, 2007 04:00AM EDT Photo: Artisan Entertainment/ Everett Collection How did a low-budget indie about bringing sexy back to the borscht belt become a cult classic? Easy: Dirty Dancing is totally engaging, proudly subversive (that illegal abortion cost the film an acne-cream tie-in), and eminently quotable. Why Jennifer Grey’s turn as a goody-goody in the throes of sexual awakening never made her into a star remains a mystery. EXTRAS Skip writer Eleanor Bergstein’s commentary in favor of interviews with Patrick Swayze, Grey (who worried she was making ”soft-core porn”), and choreographer Kenny Ortega. Close