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

What about all the vile words in rap songs?

Love Grease
It’s the first film I took my oldest daughter to see, we both loved it, and still do.
We had booked a big family outing to see the show last year, but sadly it was cancelled

Sounds like a fun family time.

I don't want to censor it. I do think a warning might be good and anyone who allowed their child to watch it should be prepared to have a discussion about boy's and girl's attitudes to sex and how things have changed.

You cant have it all ways. I agree Grease shouldn't be censored but you have to accept that people will have different views on it.

MissAdventure

I'd rather watch Grease than some of what passes as entertainment these days. (Naked attraction, anyone?)

Yes, it all seems very contrary doesn't it.
You can't really take 'woke' complaints seriously when there is so much offensive dross prevalent even in the mainstream / prime time areas, Keith Lemon anyone?

Yet more bullshit,it`s a great fun film.
Woke idiots,i`m getting very tired of all this crap.

It seemed rather shocking at the time as I remember that I wouldn't let a very young DD watch it as it might give her wrong ideas of how girls should behave.

Of course, they watched it later and neither they nor their friends turned into vamps in order to attract men!.

I'd rather watch Grease than some of what passes as entertainment these days. (Naked attraction, anyone?)

I suppose some were shocked when Ronan Kemp thought it
amusing that some of his ex girlfriends fancied his father.

Anniebach

Agree Antonia

And the suggestion the film should have a warning because
of a line in one of the songs !

I gave just one example, which if you hadn't worked it out could be seen as an encouragement to boys to rape or force a girl to have sex. There are as "GrandmaKT* said a number of other references which are a bit near the mark. My mother thought it was disgusting when she watched it on TV.
When it was on Gogglebox Martin Kemp's son Ronan was visibly shocked by what he heard.

Agree Antonia

And the suggestion the film should have a warning because
of a line in one of the songs !

Antonia

Some of today's programmes are far too woke for my taste. I watched some of 'The Personal History of David Copperfield.' David was played by an Asian actor.
Also, 'Anne with an E,' based on 'Anne of Green Gables,' in which Aunt Josephine was a lesbian, Gilbert goes to Trinidad, and Miss Stacey wears a tie. E.M. Montgomery will be turning in her grave.
I don't expect many people to agree with me, btw. It's just my opinion.
I love Grease.

I agree!

I love Grease, and, due to my advancing age and declining hearing, watched it with the subtitles on over Christmas. I was surprised to read the words to 'Greased Lightening"! Amazed they got it past the film censors as a PG no matter when it was made!

Some examples below, so move on if easily offended....

^You know that ain't no shit, we'll be getting lots of tit in Greased Lightnin

You are supreme
The chicks'll cream
For Greased Lightnin ^

Some of today's programmes are far too woke for my taste. I watched some of 'The Personal History of David Copperfield.' David was played by an Asian actor.
Also, 'Anne with an E,' based on 'Anne of Green Gables,' in which Aunt Josephine was a lesbian, Gilbert goes to Trinidad, and Miss Stacey wears a tie. E.M. Montgomery will be turning in her grave.
I don't expect many people to agree with me, btw. It's just my opinion.
I love Grease.

FFS whatever next!!!!

Jaxjacky

We need to learn from history, not eradicate it!

Exactly Jaxjacky for goodness sake don't watch it if you are going to be offended.. I find some of today's foul mouthed comedians far more offensive.

I think that's a good comment, trisher, about Gogglebox.

I never liked it.

Loved Saturday Night Fever though. I imagine that film would shock some youngsters today!

I think this comes from when the film was shown on Celebrity Gogglebox and some of the celebs realised how awful some of the lyrics were- specifically when JT was asked "Did she put up a fight?"
I'm not sure it should be banned but perhaps there should be a warning about some of it beforehand.
Strangely I think it now appeals to younger and younger children. Teenagers think it's out of date.
I've never liked it. Possibly because I didn't fit the mould for teenage girls in the late 50s either, but unlike Sandy I didn't tart up. I wanted to be a beatnik.

My daughter's favourite film; she's 35. We're certainly not a woke family!

Me too GrannyGravy. 'Seven Brides for Seven Brothers' was on the other day lovebeigecardigans and I thoroughly enjoyed it.

I have just watched Dirty Dancing (slow day at Gravy Grange) that’s got every ism you can think of in it..........still absolutely love it though ??????

It was very much of its time as has been pointed out. How would Seven Brides for Seven Brothers be viewed these days, I wonder? It's definitely not 'woke' but can be enjoyed for its music and general silliness.

Yes we have gone too far and it's becoming ridiculous. You don't have to watch it do you.

Galaxy

Yes there is quite a lot to learn from grease, we could point out that secondary schools arent really the place for people in their twenties and thirties

Love it!