![]() The opening animated credits begin with the funky titular song Grease warbled by Frankie Valli the lyrics indicate young love and a hint of 50’s style teenage rebellion. Later they masquerade as US high school students in Rydell High though it’s evident to the most casual observer they are far too old to be teenagers. They disagree she removes consent, he pushes it no further, so far so good. ![]() Danny forcefully kisses Sandy she objects that he is ‘spoiling things,’ which is pretty pointless as we had already seen them play tonsil tennis a few seconds ago. The movie rambles through a hyperbolical opening sequence of the saccharine sweet nerdy girl Sandy and greaser Danny gambolling in the surf, stealing kisses to convey a feeling of love. In a post #Metoo culture striving for recognition that women are far more likely to encounter casual sexism, sexual coercion and rape from men, should we be showing Grease to young girls and boys? I revisited it to find out. This is considered suitable for children aged 8 + accompanied by an adult. When submitted again in 1987, PG (Parental Guidance) was graded with a warning of ‘frequent mild sex references and mild language’. In 1978 Grease was categorised by the British Board Film Corporation as an A . The mainstream media had successfully ignited an identity politics row that simply wasn’t there. Half of the news articles are the former lead Olivia Newton John defending the film, stating it’s a 1978 movie set in the 1950s, a fun musical movie that shouldn’t be taken too seriously. Highlighted in the media, it prompted thousands of tweets complaining about ‘liberals’ and ‘snowflakes’ attempting to inflict their ‘cancel culture’ on everything. Yet this ill-conceived message reverberated across UK newspapers, yahoo, MSN and beyond. Not a single tweet called for the film to be cancelled. Some of the content reviewed, they said, could be seen as problematic for an inclusive contemporary society. A few took to Twitter to offer a fresh perspective objecting to the misogyny, calling the movie ’a bit rapey,’ seized upon by the mainstream media as another example of identity politics and ‘woke’ culture.Īn initial investigation uncovered tweets from all genders of varying ages, putting forward the notion that Grease was ‘of its time’. Imagine their surprise as they sat down to discuss the merits of the multi-coloured chocolate selections vying for space on the coffee table that the movie wasn’t as innocuous as first remembered. With most people trapped inside due to the pandemic, it’s plausible that a multi-generational family ushered their children and grandchildren around the TV to watch a feel-good family film from their youth. Recently stirring up controversy when broadcast in the UK by the BBC over Christmas 2020. According to Wikipedia, the original rock and roll soundtrack remain one of the bestselling albums of all time and sold 38 million copies worldwide. In 1978 people couldn’t get enough of the throwback 50’s style film with its catchy tunes and Brylcreemed boys. Grease the Movie, released in 1978, became the highest-grossing film of the year, racking in a cool 14.7 million, the equivalent of approx-74 million today, not bad for a singalong story about some horny high schoolers.
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