I spent time from age 3-6 obsessed with Grease. I would dress up in my ballet outfit, which was my only all black outfit, and conveniently also form-fitting, put on the hand-me-down blue eye shadow and lipstick, and wait for the finale songs in the middle of side 1 of my tape. Then I would sing and dance along.
Originally, I was quite upset for Sandy for bowing to peer pressure and changing her look to get the boy. I eventually decided it was what it was and that I really liked those two songs.
That's the part I liked, too - that each of them changed for the other. (But, when it comes down to it, they WERE both kind of greasers in the end. Doesn't he yank off his letter sweater? Although he IS going to college...)
There could be some fun in doing a sequel set in the '80s, in which Danny is a college professor, Sandy's a politician, the romance seems gone, but their kids (in high school) bring them together! It could have '80s dance numbers! And a cameo by Michelle Pfeiffer singing "Cool Rider"!
It's tricky! Lettering in track is more work than putting on tight pants. But good girl -> slutty girl is a bigger change than greaser -> athlete greaser. And you're right they end as greasers. If we take the sequel into account, it's possible to read that as "everyone should be a Greaser" instead of "girls should change more". So complicated!
I take issue with the songs that were written just for the movie (like "Hopelessly Devoted"). They stick out like sore thumbs and don't fit with the overall musical vibe.
That having been said, though I'm not fond of "You're The One That I Want" as far as how it fits into the musical, they did a bang-up job of choreographing it, and it's a really fun number.
I know that ON-J was in the scene for "Look at me I'm Sandra Dee", but there's no way she has a version. That song is Stockard Channing all the way. Other than Sandy in those shiny black pants at the end, Stockard Channing rules that movie.
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Originally, I was quite upset for Sandy for bowing to peer pressure and changing her look to get the boy. I eventually decided it was what it was and that I really liked those two songs.
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There could be some fun in doing a sequel set in the '80s, in which Danny is a college professor, Sandy's a politician, the romance seems gone, but their kids (in high school) bring them together! It could have '80s dance numbers! And a cameo by Michelle Pfeiffer singing "Cool Rider"!
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That having been said, though I'm not fond of "You're The One That I Want" as far as how it fits into the musical, they did a bang-up job of choreographing it, and it's a really fun number.
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Oh, look, it's the 6th. I feel like there's something I was supposed to do today.
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Grease trivia: did you know that Glenn Frey wrote the lyrics to this and Greased Lightnin'?
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Similar to the way I am helpful.
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