Fan Snark, Rydell High Style

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Nate And Deb's Guide to "Grease"

This movie is not family friendly.  If you think otherwise, one viewing of the number "Greased Lightning" will change your mind.

Rizzo and Kenickie are loads cooler than Danny and Sandy.  Lets face it: Mr. Greasy Hair and Ms Australian Barbie spend most of the movie whining.  Kenickie, on the other hand, carries a switchblade and worked all summer to buy himself a car.  And Rizzo is..freakin' Stockard Channing. <3

At Rydell High, none of the graduating seniors have learned anything.  This is demonstrated in the ensemble finale number, in which they all talk like preschoolers (Ex.: "Ramma lamma lamma ka dingity ding da dong, Shoo bop shoo wadda wadda yippity boom da boom, Chang chang changity chang shoo bop, Dip da dip da dip do wop da dooby do").

Said finale number ("We Go Together") is a totally unnecessary filler.  The movie should have ended with the leather-panted awesomeness of "You're The One That I Want." 

Frankie Valli's hair looks like a bush.

Cha Cha has an unsightly rib cage that shows through all her costumes.

The main messages to be gleaned from this movie are that happiness is achieved through conformity, and not going to college is cool.

To be continued!  We're obsessed with this movie.  I plan on acquiring a Pink Ladies t-shirt, and Nathan wants a T-Birds jacket.  (The beginning of our obsession is documented here.  We also attribute a bit of recent inspiriation to Sadako.)

Also, watching Nathan mouth the words to "Hopeless Devoted To You" is infinitely more entertaining than singing along myself. ;-)