Changing Self Grease
Submitted by lyndell on 06/30/2008 05:21 PM
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Changing Self Grease
Grease is the normal 'boy meets girl' story but with one distinctive difference: it is a musical. The girl; Sandra Dee (Olivia Newton-John), and the boy; Danny (John Travolta), fall in love on a summer holiday. They breakup with Danny thinking the Sandy is going back to Australia. They meet again at a bonfire and finally get back together.
The two main characters change immensely throughout this film; in this case self-change is by choice, change is to impress other people and external influences make them want o change.
The purpose of Grease is to entertain, which it does fantastically. The producers of this movie wanted to turn the play into a film so it was available to more people. Fortunately they did, as it is still a very popular movie twenty-five years on.
This movie was made in 1977 and set in the 1950's. In the seventies musicals were very popular such as Grease and Hair. Also movie studios did not have the same size budgets or the same special effects available as are now today.
The two eras can be seen throughout this movie. Such as in the fifties Elvis was very popular and a photo of him can be seen on Frenchie's bedroom wall. A Rydell high flag is also on her wall, just above the Elvis photo. The teenagers do not wear seat belts as it was not a law then. Milk bars were the place for teenagers to meet in the fifties but things changed in the seventies. In the seventies females stood up for themselves; feminism was a big thing. Also people did not worry about sexually transmitted diseases or falling pregnant, free sex was still OK, ther was no concern for the consequences.
Anyone can watch this movie. People who like musicals, drama, romance, John Travolta or Olivia Newton-John will particularly like this movie. This film was originally made for people who wanted to see the play but were unable to for various personal reasons. Grease has a simple plot with a universally understood theme and its moderate language...
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