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Like shes been hit with multiple arrows through the heart.
Like she might put a giant foot in her mouth.
How would Allys concerns about her biological clock metaphorize?
But where do dancing babies come from?
The creative team behind it explains how it was born.
He says everyone who saw it got chills.
That article also provides a crucial detail: The Biped file name for the baby was chacha.bip.
The Dancing Baby becametheindustry meme to know even if the wordmemewasnt yet part of common vernacular.
And then, it made its way intoAllycreator Kelleys office after his assistant showed it to him.
he toldThe Hollywood Reporterin 2017.
It may have been terrifying and hypnotic but it was also perfect for Ally.
It tapped in to her internal war.
The Dancing Baby represented that feeling.
The episodes A story line is about Allys love life.
Shes going to go out with a nude model she meets in sculpting class.
The C story line involves excitement over an upcoming boxing match.
The D story is the Dancing Baby, laughs Arkush.
Arkush asked his friend Joe Dante, who had directedGremlinsandGremlins 2, for advice.
But he still needed something to work off of for filming.
So we go out and we buy a couple dolls of various sizes, he recalls.
And what we do is we get a bunch of broomsticks and we taped each doll to a broomstick.
The actual image of the animated baby would, of course, be added in during post-production.
And I wrote a memo back saying itll look fake if its solid.
Its got to be partially transparent so that blend it in.
Watching the scene today is also a measure of how much things have changed since the episode first aired.
That made a lot of sense in the late 90s.
Now, the culture around women having children and children being the most important thing has shifted dramatically.
Still, the fandom has endured offline.
Well do Hooked on a Feeling and the place just goes insane, she says.
He detailed his process in aTwitter thread, which quickly went viral.
Since Armstrongs post, its found life onTikTok where else?
