Grease Live! Official Thread — Page 30

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.

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

We can AGREE to DISAGREE.

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

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

@ 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.

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

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

I believe the film was re-rated when it was re-released for it's 20th Anniversary in 1998.

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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