Grease....... not woke enough!

I loved both films - Saturday Night Fever, and Grease. To those who find them offensive ........ best not to give my opinion in print.
What did surprise me though was that the international school in Kuwait where our eldest son and DiL worked up to 2 years ago put on Grease as their annual show a few years ago. Maybe because the school has American funding?

MissAdventure

Lots of people of all ages like 'The Inbetweeners' and that is VERY near the knuckle.

Our friends child was in Inbetweeners and they often had to distract their Gran at certain parts of the episodes.

They seen to have survived the experience.

I talked to my children about boys and girls all the time.

I love Grease, and both my children watched it at a young age. They were not worried about the words in the songs and they enjoyed the dancing. No way was I going to chat to them about how a boy treats a girl.
Grease in no way influenced my adult childrens lives , they just watched for the pure entertainment value. People are really over thinking things these days.

I'm not offended by people being offended.
They can be whatever they like.

Jayt

Antonia, I agree with you wholeheartedly. You can’t go back and try to make things fit in with now. I’m fed up with getting “wokism” shoved in my face every time I put on the TV. Minorities seem to rule, but if they don’t like mainstream entertainment then they shouldn’t watch it. They could always set up their own tv network and those of us that love Grease and things like it could avoid woke tv.

Who are the 'minorities' who should set up their own tv network?
Where is all this 'woke' tv?

MissAdventure

Perhaps we could just have a warning that comes on automatically when the tv is switched on.
It could tell us that we may well end up seeing people, doing things people do.

Great suggestion, MissAdventure!

I watched the documentary about the last days of Anne Boleyn, and had to confirm that I was over 16 before I could watch it.

But you are all currently being offended by people being offended

Excellent MissAdventure and including the news and adverts

Perhaps we could just have a warning that comes on automatically when the tv is switched on.
It could tell us that we may well end up seeing people, doing things people do.

Love Grease. If you are offended by it, don't watch it.

Lots of people of all ages like 'The Inbetweeners' and that is VERY near the knuckle.

I haven't watched Game of Thrones but I believe it included a lot of violence, especially against women.
Apparently lots of young people loved it.

They've done some disservice to women too, over the years.
Skivvies, witches... wicked stepmothers.

Disney have embraced strong women- Frozen , Moana etc.

I don’t think history should be rewritten in any way shape or form - but I’m so glad the awful sexist ( TV ) stuff of the 60’s / 70’s is no longer with us. I remember growing up watching stuff like Benny Hill & ‘Are you being served’ - I couldn’t understand why grotesque old men had half naked young women draped all over them.
So glad we wised up and TV started portraying women as more than just titillation.

I watched Grease a few nights ago and enjoyed it as much as ever.
Some of the modern films are full of swearing and violence, which is more offensive to me.

Dreadful - such a bad influence on little girls
And not good messages for little boys either.

All Disney films but be banned surely

Sleeping Beauty - in a deep sleep, what was she on ?, and whilst in bed asleep a man pounces on her

Snow White - shacked up with 7 men

Cinderella- shocking , wicked step mother

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Sparklefizz

What about all the vile words in rap songs?

Very good point.

I was humming along to a Cardi B song. My youngest asked if I knew what the lyrics were. What a surprise!

I do quite like Bodak Yellow though

Sinatra - The Lady Is A Tramp ?

I enjoyed the new David Copperfield, Dev Patel is brilliant as were the rest of the cast.
If its a choice between something that film and Grease, no contest. Grease is a film of its time and can be watched in that way. this lazy use of words like 'woke' to dismiss anything that challenges stereotypes is tedious.