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Grease Live! Official Thread
Grease Live! Official Thread#725
Posted: 2/1/16 at 11:51am
I predicted this show's success when it was first announced, and their cast was simply the cherry on the cake.
If NBC is going to remain doing live musicals, they need to go for well known titles like Grease, West Side Story etc. I will not go into what I had predicted for both Pan and The Wiz, but simply put they were poor choices. However comparing the way both networks handled the presentations is simply childish.
Personally I did not like the feeling of a live audience. It was too much noise and distracting at times, nor the way the show began with Jessie J running through the sets and dressing rooms. But other than that, it was a very entertaining evening.
Grease Live! Official Thread#726
Posted: 2/1/16 at 11:52am
Theater_Nerd wins! Grease is clearly a hard-R rated musical.
Btw, are there any more posters you wish to chastise for repeating something that was said 12 pages ago? I know you love to do that.
Grease Live! Official Thread#727
Posted: 2/1/16 at 11:56am
jenn3258 said: "I predicted this show's success when it was first announced, and their cast was simply the cherry on the cake. If NBC is going to remain doing live musicals, they need to go for well known titles like Grease, West Side Story etc. I will not go into what I had predicted for both Pan and The Wiz, but simply put they were poor choices..
The Wiz had comparable ratings with Grease. So clearly the "poor choice" worked out on that front.
And predicting that a broadcast of Grease would do well is a bit like predicting that summer will be warm.
Grease Live! Official Thread#728
Posted: 2/1/16 at 11:56am
GREASE has ALWAYS been considered a FAMILY-FRIENDLY film. As Taz said, it's always been stocked in either the FAMILY or MUSICAL sections of video stores. (Bold is fun and makes my words so much more powerful!)
I'm 37 so I remember when the film was released on video for the first time. And it was a staple in my elementary school (whenever they rolled the A/V cart in to babysit us whenever our teacher didn't want to) and also in summer camps I went to as a kid. But it's also important to remember that the film came out (and the video, as well) during a time when kids weren't the snowflakes they are today. We were able to handle things as heavy and upsetting as GREASE. Kids today need a safe space though and need time to process things like cars and pink ladies and leather. I'm sure a lot of them aren't going to school today because of words or some bullish*t like that.
Grease Live! Official Thread#729
Posted: 2/1/16 at 11:58am
We can AGREE to DISAGREE. 
Grease Live! Official Thread#730
Posted: 2/1/16 at 12:00pm
Actually there's no disagreement to be had since your opinion is invalid and void of any and all merit or substance.
Grease Live! Official Thread#731
Posted: 2/1/16 at 12:03pm
And I'm sorry to use those words, snowflake. I hope your therapist can talk you through them.
Updated On: 2/1/16 at 12:03 PM
Grease Live! Official Thread#732
Posted: 2/1/16 at 12:03pm
Well, TN, the film's rating is PG-13, and I distinctly recall seeing it at the age of 14 (which most people not associated with NAMBLA would call a "child"
when it came out, and without an adult. So... those are just what we call facts, y'know, as opposed to opinions.
Grease Live! Official Thread#733
Posted: 2/1/16 at 12:03pm
@ Jordan: My opinion is not invalid and I've cited the reasons why it is not a film for children. You don't have to be rude or nasty about it. We can have a discussion without going down that road. I won't play into that kind of nonsense.
Grease Live! Official Thread#734
Posted: 2/1/16 at 12:03pm
Grease Live! Official Thread#735
Posted: 2/1/16 at 12:05pm
Actually, the film is rated PG. The PG-13 rating didn't come along until 1984.
Grease Live! Official Thread#736
Posted: 2/1/16 at 12:05pm
Even though when the film was first released in 1978, the PG-13 rating hadn't been thought of yet until after Indiana Jones & the Temple of Doom came out in 1984.
Grease Live! Official Thread#737
Posted: 2/1/16 at 12:06pm
I believe the film was re-rated when it was re-released for it's 20th Anniversary in 1998.
Grease Live! Official Thread#739
Posted: 2/1/16 at 12:10pm
PG-13 movies - especially now - are not for children, but most people don't care and will try to pretend otherwise.
Just because Grease has been treated like a family-friendly show doesn't mean that it actually is.
Fun Home is a good recent example. You could easily find ways to market the show for families, but that doesn't mean that it's actually a family-friendly show.
Updated On: 2/1/16 at 12:10 PMGrease Live! Official Thread#740
Posted: 2/1/16 at 12:10pm
newintown said: "The current rating is PG-13.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0077631/
Yes, that's correct. It was given that rating in 1998 when it was re-released for it's 20th Anniversary.
Grease Live! Official Thread#741
Posted: 2/1/16 at 12:12pm
You know what pisses me off the most? The parents and people complaining about how it's inappropriate for children are the same a$$holes who grew up watching it.
Grease Live! Official Thread#742
Posted: 2/1/16 at 12:12pm
I mean, if you just write out all the language and innuendo, it is pretty filthy, especially for a kid. But I don't know a single person of my generation who wasn't allowed to see it as a kid. I think the song and dancieness of it draws attention away from the content.
Updated On: 2/1/16 at 12:12 PMGrease Live! Official Thread#743
Posted: 2/1/16 at 12:14pm
But not anymore because Y'know...safe spaces and words.
Grease Live! Official Thread#744
Posted: 2/1/16 at 12:15pm
How about we as individuals gauge if something is appropriate for the kids in our lives to see, instead of relying on a ridiculous movie rating system that thinks sexuality and cursing is worse than blood and gore.
I personally think Grease is totally fine for families, and most of its "adult" elements would go so far over the heads of kids.
Grease Live! Official Thread#745
Posted: 2/1/16 at 12:17pm
It doesn't matter if the film version gets a PG rating or a PG-13 rating; it's still not actually a family-friendly show, content-wise, regardless of how it's been treated over the years.
Grease Live! Official Thread#746
Posted: 2/1/16 at 12:18pm
Like Rizzo's abortion?
Grease Live! Official Thread#747
Posted: 2/1/16 at 12:18pm
Exactly - I saw it as a kid, and I wouldn't hesitate to show it to a kid today.
I doubt that 5-year-olds would be interested, but any kid from 8 or 9 up would be fine, and hardly scarred for life.
Of course, Helicopter Parents and other such nervous nellies are free to disagree.
Grease Live! Official Thread#748
Posted: 2/1/16 at 12:21pm
@newintown: You personally being fine with showing Grease to a kid doesn't say anything about whether or not the show is actually appropriate for kids.
Grease Live! Official Thread#749
Posted: 2/1/16 at 12:22pm
...except that it clearly does, otherwise he wouldn't show it to kids.
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