Grease Live! Official Thread- Page 30

[jenn3258]

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.

 

 

 

 

[tazber]

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.

 

 

[Kad]

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.

 

Updated On: 2/1/16 at 11:56 AM

[Jordan Catalano]

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.

[Theater_Nerd]

Posted: 2/1/16 at 11:58am

We can  AGREE to DISAGREE. 

Updated On: 2/1/16 at 11:58 AM

[Jordan Catalano]

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. 

[Jordan Catalano]

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

[newintown]

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.

[Theater_Nerd]

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.

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[Theater_Nerd]

Posted: 2/1/16 at 12:03pm

Updated On: 2/1/16 at 12:03 PM

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 2/1/16 at 12:05pm

Actually, the film is rated PG. The PG-13 rating didn't come along until 1984.

[Jeffrey Karasarides]

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.

[Theater_Nerd]

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.

[newintown]

Posted: 2/1/16 at 12:08pm

The current rating is PG-13.

 

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0077631/

[DigificWriter]

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 PM

[Theater_Nerd]

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.

 

[Jordan Catalano]

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. 

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

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 PM

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 2/1/16 at 12:14pm

But not anymore because Y'know...safe spaces and words. 

[Kad]

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.

[DigificWriter]

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.

[FindingNamo]

Posted: 2/1/16 at 12:18pm

Like Rizzo's abortion?

[newintown]

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.

[DigificWriter]

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.

[Kad]

Posted: 2/1/16 at 12:22pm

...except that it clearly does, otherwise he wouldn't show it to kids.