GREASE: RISE OF THE PINK LADIES musical prequel series on Paramount+

"I thought, 'Nobody needs a new Grease,'" creator Annabel Oakes says of her reaction when Paramount first approached her. "The original Grease is absolutely perfect. But then, I thought about it for a second and I thought, 'What unanswered questions do I have from Grease?' Because everything was tied up really nicely with Danny and Sandy. But I was like, 'What was up with the Pink Ladies? Were those were girl gangs real?' I started googling and I found out that there were real Pink Ladies at the high school of the original creator of Grease."

https://ew.com/tv/grease-rise-of-the-pink-ladies-preview-first-look-photo/

Updated On: 12/19/22 at 12:23 PM

"I thought, 'Nobody needs a new Grease,'" creator Annabel Oakes says of her reaction when Paramount first approached her. "The original Grease is absolutely perfect. But then, I thought about how much money I can bilk from stupid people with no sense of taste who only respond to a steady diet of the familiar. I mean...everybody else is making money off of brain-dead saps, why shouldn't I? It was easy...just some refry some bull***t and then tack on some worn-to-the-stump girlboss feminism and power of sisterhood blah blah blah. Of course it sucks, but it doesn't matter. It's cheap and it'll make money and no one will even notice because once they see the costumes and stuff it'll trigger nostalgia for the first film. My new pool is going to look fantastic once those checks roll in. Enjoy, peasants!"

"I thought, 'I really hope a group of people on the internet critize a quote from an article about my new show.,'" creator Annabel Oakes says "But then, I thought about it for a second and I thought, 'I sure hope they get the creator's name right' I started googling and I found out that I was wrong about both".

JSquared2 said: "Islander_fan said: ". "I thought,'Nobody needs a newGrease,'" she says of her reaction when Paramount first approached her. "The originalGreaseis absolutely perfect. But then, I thought about it for a second and I thought,'What unanswered questions do I have from Grease?' Because everything was tied up really nicely with Danny and Sandy. ButI was like, 'What was up with the Pink Ladies? Were those were girl gangs real?' I started googling and Ifound out that there were real Pink Ladies at the high school of the original creator ofGrease, Kim Jacobs.”

You’d think that, if you’re creating a tv show based on an existing body of work, you’d get the name of the original creator right. And, you would also think that a magazine has fact checkers on staff as well. Clearly something fell through the cracks."



It's CLEARLY a typo. As to "fact checkers" -- sure, it this was 1972! EW had to cut its print edition and became online only -- magazines can barely scrape up some money to pay their writers -- how do you think they'll pay for these fact checkers??

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Relax, it was meant to be a joke. Clearly a joke that bombed, but a joke nonetheless.

Phylicia Mpasi (Young Celie in the new Color Purple) is one of the writers on this show.

The series will begin streaming on April 6; a teaser trailer was released today.

Yeah this teaser did absolutely nothing for me

I honestly couldn't distinguish which era this is supposed to take place in? 50s? 60s? Now?

"Grease Is the Word" music video. I'm finding it cringey.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lnAlBzNy5KQ&t=226s

"Sometimes you gotta be bad to do good." I just threw up in my mouth. There is absolutely no sense of place in that trailer. I know it's for a younger audience but isn't there some reason to have the characters behave in some way as if it is the 50s.

I spotted Jackie Hoffman in what seems to be reprising the Eve Arden role. That could persuade me to watch.

I'm going to watch tonight. I felt ... wary...when this was first announced and wasn't sure about it (love both Grease 1 and 2 for their glorious cheese.) But after seeing The New Cool and Grease musical numbers...I've changed my mind. The singing and choreography both impressed me. Ari Notartomaso especially knocked me out---they seem like a superstar in the making.

It's asking what if the 50s were somewhat more diverse/enlightened and it started with these girls? -- and I think that's becoming a very popular way to revisit ("problematic" materials of the past via a more modern lens.

Updated On: 4/6/23 at 10:33 AM

Great point. Yes let’s pretend that everyone was included and tolerance and love was at every diverse high school full of all kinds of people! Yeah. No.

But hey Bww, thanks for making it pink. The red and white theme is so tired and old, it’s nice to have something different around here

What I can't stand about it is the music producing. The riffing, the autotune, the modern backing tracks all reek like the worst of Glee.