Characterisation: robbie in Dirty Dancing relates to my character of Chris in my play
Robbie finds out about a woman who has been seeing is pregnant, but he refused to acknowledge any responsibility and he accused her of sleeping with lots of other men, any one of whom might be the father. In fact, Penny has been faithful to Robbie during their relationship and knows for sure that she became was impregnated by him. Robbie broke off his relationship with Penny and refused to help her with her pregnancy or an abortion. Penny decided to have an abortion, but did not have the $250 (1963 dollars) to pay for it.
In the next scene, Baby confronted Robbie in the resort hotel’s dining room and asked him to give Penny the $250 for the abortion. Robbie refused, saying “some people count and some people don’t.”
The character of Robbie relates perfectly to my character Chris as he goes out with lots of women and believes himself better than them. he does not consider any of their feelings or the consequences of his actions on the woman.
chris is the same in my play and the reaction to the pregnancy parallels Robbie's with them both saying that they don't believe they are the father and it could be anyones baby. This attitude of Robbie enhanced my character of Chris and made his reactions more realistic and emotional for the girl in my own play.
