Not Trying to Sway(ze) You

A bit of madness from last night's class I forgot to share. A certain head of an English department at a college that will remain nameless came out of left field with a strange little tidbit. He recently shared with his grown son that everything a man needs to know in life he can learn from Roadhouse. Yes, you read that correctly. This Patrick Swayze/Kelly Lynch vehicle evidently holds the secret to all things masculine. In his defense, my professor said that he thinks the last 40 minutes of the film are rather silly, but before that—the Da Vinci Code with testicles.

With this in mind, I give you some random philoswayze:

• When rearing children, never put babies in the corner.
• I hope you dirty dance.
• I ditto NY.
• Julie Newmar is the only Catwoman. I dare you to describe her without using the term statuesque.

For those not familiar with the film, To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar, Mr. Swayze plays a drag queen along with Wesley "I make too many movies to be trusted" Snipes and John Leguizamo. Poor Stockard Channing also got caught up in this Cuisinart of bad ideas. (Honestly, I think co-starring in this movie is the real reason behind her recent DUI arrest.)

In researching this information, I came across an interesting fact. Patrick Swayze was featured in the film Skatetown U.S.A. By no means on the same level as say a Roller Boogie or Xanadu, it did employ an all-star cast. (Who doesn't love them some Ruth Buzzi? I know I do.)