Mama Hodgeman also arrived on the scene with a Tony award to her name, for originating the role of Sheila in A Chorus Line. His role as Detective Lenny Briscoe in Law & Order, a character he played until his death in 2004, brought him world-wide fame. Post Dancing, Orbach played a handful of smaller parts in films including voiceover work in Disney’s Beauty and the Beast. Orbach already had an illustrious career pre- Dancing, consisting of Broadway and off-Broadway roles which earned him multiple Tony nominations and one win for his role in Promises, Promises.
The layers never seem to stop unfolding as he navigates the changing world at the turn of the decade. Jerry Orbach’s portrayal of Daddy Hodgeman is at times stuffy, understanding, progressive, closed-minded, traditional, and on and on. Jerry Orbachīaby’s dad is the surprising complex character of Dirty Dancing. So in the interest of nostalgia, let’s take a look at the cast then and now. Thirty years is a good chunk of time, as any 29 year old can tell you. It’s also a strange mix of nostalgia, and social commentary, the likes of which are difficult to replicate. It’s one of those movies we don’t turn off if it’s on cable (does anyone still have cable?). Dirty Dancing is one of those movies we’ve all seen at least once.
Last year’s ill-fated television adaptation and the short lived musical both discovered this the hard way. Thirty years after it debuted, Dirty Dancing is still perfect the way it is. No one spent the day staring at a screen or thinking about AIDS. Everything was wireless back then except, ironically, the phones. Dirty Dancing was one such film, a nostalgic look back at summer when families still vacationed together at quaint little lodges, learning to crochet and backstroke and box step. Hair was big, jobs actually paid and everyone…was nostalgic for the 50s and 60s? Maybe not everyone, but there were plenty of movies about the “simpler times”.
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