Hips swiveled, romance lingered in the air and nobody put Baby in the corner when ABC’s Dirty Dancing remake premiered Wednesday night (May 24).
A lot has changed in the 30 years since the dramatic dance classic hit theaters around the world, though the reboot stayed largely true to the original (except for that ending! And a few other details).
Still set in the summer of 1963, the reboot starred Abigail Breslin as Jennifer Grey’s beloved Baby Houseman character, with newcomer Colt Prattes taking on the dancing bad boy Johnny Castle, originally played by the late Patrick Swayze.
But was it a good idea? And did the producers pull it off? Dirty Dancing trended throughout the night on Twitter, though not all fans were happy with the small screen version, many of who whipped up memes to express their feelings. Some called it a “mess” or a “disaster”. Others weren’t so kind. Check out some of the most colorful memes below.
Watching the dirty dancing remake like #DirtyDancing pic.twitter.com/uXI4UtHz2N
— Vincent Mercurio (@VinMercurio) May 25, 2017
OG Dirty Dancing vs the remake of #DirtyDancing pic.twitter.com/FffsSOogMp
— ParrotNoir (@ParrotNoir) May 25, 2017
When tweets are better than the remake #DirtyDancing pic.twitter.com/F4gj6QXFpU
— Sara K. Lavergne (@saraklavergne) May 25, 2017
Whoever thought to remake #dirtydancing pic.twitter.com/gAUJfrMo4p
— ParrotNoir (@ParrotNoir) May 25, 2017
Omg
Why?!
Stopppp#dirtydancing pic.twitter.com/efiVy41s2o— ParrotNoir (@ParrotNoir) May 25, 2017
This #DirtyDancing remake is like your child’s middle school play that is terrible so you just sit through it like pic.twitter.com/CTUv6fKHGA
— Hannah Litaker (@HLitty) May 25, 2017
The last dance#dirtydancing pic.twitter.com/GXVserqtOL
— ParrotNoir (@ParrotNoir) May 25, 2017
Al Roker did a better job #DirtyDancing pic.twitter.com/KU4SpvsZcZ
— MiSomnia (@FreyaWalnuts) May 25, 2017
Worst ever, I refuse to even call this a “remake” garbage #DirtyDancing pic.twitter.com/NZezL0jlU9
— Odiuhm (@undeadR0GUE) May 25, 2017
When the producers of the dirty dancing remake pitched this to @nbc #DirtyDancing pic.twitter.com/M067FZOcJe
— Vincent Mercurio (@VinMercurio) May 25, 2017