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

I have recently watched ‘The Godfather’ on I player.

The ‘n’ word was used, domestic abuse, numerous violent acts and murders, chauvinistic behaviour, you name it, it was featured.

The film was made in 1972, depicting a time scale between 1945-1955.

It was of its time, and a good film.

I don’t think it’s a question of not ‘being woke enough’. It is, as others have said, of its time. The 70s were sexist, homophobic and very different from now. I am delighted that my daughter hasn’t had to put up with some of the things that I did, and that she and her friends would question so much that I took for granted.

I can watch Grease and enjoy it, just as I can watch The Merchant of Venice without being anti Semitic, and in neither case would I apply today’s values to them or hanker for the days when they held sway.

I often wonder, when I hear about objections like this, whether they are similar to the rubbish that used to be talked about talked about black bin bags being banned - fake news spread in a deliberate attempt to ridicule progressive views.

It’s one thing to comment on the attitudes expressed in an old film, but quite another to say it should never be televised again! Where did you read that, MFL?

Learn from the past by viewing and discussions not by bans and eradication.

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

We need to learn from history, not eradicate it!

Rizzo was played by the beautiful Stockard Channing, who was 34 at the time!

Yes Rizzo I used to go round singing her song a lot

Galaxy it's Rizzo. I played her in a school play () in the 80s!
Can you imagine a school staging that now?!

It's fine for people to express views on it. I think most young people would find it weird to be honest.

Totally gone too far. It's a film of it's time. The characters are stereotypes. Not sure about it being homophobic. Greased Lightening is one of the campest dances ever and it's one of the most celebrated and loved parts of the film.

I read that too, I watched it with DGS and he loved it, dancing all the time, just found any kissing yucky.
Of it's time, now watching How the West was Won, I wonder what they would have to say about that, if they bother to watch it that is ?????

Good grief, I just checked, it was made 42 years ago.

It's of it's time. Its not the greatest film but it is what it is. With regard to slut shaming I quite like the character (sorry forgot her name) who sings there are worse things that I could do than go with a boy or two' I think that was quite feminist for it's time.