Tell me more, tell me more...
Anyone who hates on ONJ is simply jealous.
I must admit I always found it weird that the Theme song to Grease was done in a disco style.
But the lyrics of their favorite liberal singers are just fine. Okay.........
I think Olivia Newton John died...
They're also making a prequel in the works.
John Travolta has aged well.
Rapey? I guarantee you that most of these “critics” would never apply the same standards to, oh let’s say, rap lyrics.
From the comments:
Todd Hyatt
“When they came for the greasers, you did nothing; when they came for the Pink Ladies, you did nothing; when they came for the T-Birds, you did nothing; when they came for the beauty school dropouts, you did nothing; when they . . . “
. . . And then they came for you and the rest of us, and it was bye-bye, Miss American Pie.
This’ll be the day that I die.
Hahaha, this is funny. I was in the ORIGINAL ORIGINAL production of Grease in Chicago, mounted in a converted trolley barn on the N.side of CHi. We opened early 71 (Feb.) and ran to early September. My character (Miller) was the one in the original production that had the hot-rod Greased Lightnin’-—my character was blended into the character of Kenickie by the time the show hit NY (very soon after we closed in Chi) and the ownership of Greased Lightning was given over to Danny Zuko-—both the NY/Broadway productions of Grease AND the movie were very tame stuff compared to our original, which was raunchy and profane : for example, one of my lines of dialogue was “Don’t laugh. A lotta chicks would give their right tit to ride around in that little number! “ (Meaning Greased Lightning) other lines in the song, which I sang every night were : Well, you know I ain’t braggin’, she’s a really pussy-wagon, Greased Lightnin’!’ and “You are SUPREME! The chicks’ll CREAM for Greased Lightnin”!!! So all this new woke appraisal of the entirely middle of the road Grease really comes off as ludicrous.
I never cared for it because I wasn’t interested in the subject matter. I’m more of a “Fiddler on the Roof” guy.
But isn’t it nice to know that we live in a time that is full of people who are so pure of body, mind, and spirit as to be beyond reproach? You’d think our current culture was produced by hardshell Baptists or old-fashioned monastics. /S!
What they really object to is that the movie was “too white”, but can’t bring themselves around to say it.
Travolta looks better in the second photo than the first. I honestly wasn’t fond of the “tramp” phase of ONJ’s career but her career needed a new trajectory and it definitely paid off for her.
Can we agree that wokeness is just stupid, trying to retrofit 2020 ethos into previous historical areas. I’m glad Ms. Newton-John is having none of it.
That sums it all up right there.
Anyway, one of my very first dates involved taking my girl to "Grease" in the summer of 1978. She loved it and it was a way better choice than "Animal House" (which I wisely went to see with just the guys a little later on). Good times.
Fast forward about 15 years. I was at a Karaoke bar with my wife and after having a great amount of alcohol in me, I decided I would do "You're The One That I Want" with her.
Let's just say I'm very fortunate that cellphones and YouTube did not exist in those days or I would be RUINED.
People love to make fun of Travolta's singing ability but it is not as easy as it looks. (My wife did carry off Olivia's part reasonably well.)
She was absolutely gorgeous and had a tremendous voice.
He, I considered, was very below average looking and always wondered why he was picked to be the lead.
Grease also didn’t have the mandatory woke-ish 12.1% blacks in the cast . . . mandatory now, doncha’ know, with at least one in every commercial.
Wake me up when these same standards are applied to rap “music” made today.
I’d love to see their heads explode over Blazing Saddles or All in the Family!
I had no interest in seeing Grease. Garbage entertainment.
But these “criticisms” are stupid.