Grease Live! Official Thread- Page 31

[jenn3258]

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

When will the show be available on FOX.com?

[DigificWriter]

Posted: 2/1/16 at 12:25pm

Kad said: "...except that it clearly does, otherwise he wouldn't show it to kids.

 

"

Wrong.

 

Some people are perfectly fine with showing R-rated movies to their younger kids, but that doesn't mean that such behavior is actually appropriate based on the actual contents of said movies.

[newintown]

Posted: 2/1/16 at 12:25pm

DigificWriter, you make the error that Helicopter Parents (and others) make by assuming that there IS such a thing as "universally appropriate for kids," as well as the error that you (and those who think like you) are the person who decides what is universally appropriate for kids.

[tazber]

Posted: 2/1/16 at 12:27pm

I think if they were to edit out the gay sex scenes between Danny and Kenickie, and the mass shooting in the Rydell Lunchroom by Frenchy it would be suitable for kids.

 

But there is no way around that awful scene where the kids draw swastikas on Doody.

 

It's just not for children.

[Theater_Nerd]

Posted: 2/1/16 at 12:30pm

tazber said: "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.

 

Stop. this isn't about winning anything. Why are some of you so incapable of just having a discussion on an adult level without resorting to insults and condescension. It's downright petty. I'm not engaging in this discussion any longer.

 

Updated On: 2/1/16 at 12:30 PM

[FindingNamo]

Posted: 2/1/16 at 12:31pm

You win!

[tazber]

Posted: 2/1/16 at 12:33pm

I think someone posted that earlier.

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 2/1/16 at 12:33pm

Reading this, I've actually changed my mind. 

No, I don't think GREASE is appropriate for millennial children. But not because they're children, because their parents have raised spineless little wimps incapable of seeing or hearing anything that might make them question...anything. I was allowed to watch basically anything I wanted when I was a kid and that's how I became the horror fan I am today. But imagine showing a horror film to a millennial child - you'd be ostracized by the neighborhood parents (the same ones who were raised on the same) and made to take parenting classes. 

[tazber]

Posted: 2/1/16 at 12:36pm

These days the sing "pUssy-wagon" on KidzBop.

Updated On: 2/1/16 at 12:36 PM

[Theater_Nerd]

Posted: 2/1/16 at 12:37pm

jenn3258 said: "When will the show be available on FOX.com?

 

Hi jenn3258, I believe someone posted it would be available to download/stream online tomorrow. They are also moving up the release date for the DVD. 

 

[AKarp2013]

Posted: 2/1/16 at 12:42pm

Thank you Jordan!!!!! I bow down to you!!

 

It really was a special show. From the direction, casting, the damn near perfect choreography, the design, and even elements of the new book I thought were all spot on. I actually got a bit teary eyed when Didi Conn and Barry Pearl took their bows in their original T-Bird/Pink Lady jackets.

 

Just a few quibbles I had with it: the absence of a live audience during dialogue scenes, the absence of "Shakin' at the High School Hop" and while I liked the new song written for Carly Rae, it sounded out of place -- like a cut number from an early draft of "If/Then"

 

I can not wait for the DVD release, which if it means anything, is now a bestseller on Amazon in the musicals category.

 

Also, brava to them for bringing in nearly 13 million viewers. That is damn impressive. 

Updated On: 2/1/16 at 12:42 PM

[Kad]

Posted: 2/1/16 at 12:44pm

Grease isn't squeaky clean, Fischer-Price, rounded-edges fun time, sure. But I don't think it is inappropriate for a kid whose parents are savvy. It's a soft PG-13, much like The Force Awakens is (and seems to be dissuading no adults from bringing kids). 

I don't trust the MPAA to tell me what is appropriate for kids. A gay kiss, for instance. 

 

But  what do I know. My mother explained sex to me when I was in first grade when I asked where babies come from. 

Updated On: 2/1/16 at 12:44 PM

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 2/1/16 at 12:46pm

I'm going to start a FOX boycott since they started airing the show at 7pm, when good Christian folk are still awake and could be subjected to it. 

[Theater_Nerd]

Posted: 2/1/16 at 12:48pm

@ jenn3258: The show is available to stream online now at FOX.COM

 

Here > > > GREASE: LIVE!

Updated On: 2/1/16 at 12:48 PM

[AKarp2013]

Posted: 2/1/16 at 12:48pm

Not only 7pm, but 7pm on a Sunday!

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

Posted: 2/1/16 at 12:48pm

I was surprised to hear "eat me" on tv at all, let alone at in the 7/6 central hour. 

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 2/1/16 at 12:50pm

Me too, Phyllis! I had to stop the show so my snowflakes and I could pray for our souls! When we were done they wanted to finish the show but it was already 4am by end-pray time and they needed to get some sleep!

[tazber]

Posted: 2/1/16 at 12:52pm

But I like the message that in order to get a guy you have to become what he wants, even though it's completely not who you are.

 

 

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 2/1/16 at 12:54pm

YES! But let's totally forget that the guy changes for the girl too, because we can't claim sexism if we recognize that as well.

[jacobsnchz14]

Posted: 2/1/16 at 12:58pm

But Rizzo and Hatchet (the Scorpion formerly known as "Crater", lol) Face's dance break at the gym, though... her mouth was all up in there! o.o

[FindingNamo]

Posted: 2/1/16 at 1:07pm

Jordan's right.  There is no sexism in Grease.

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 2/1/16 at 1:09pm

http://www.themarysue.com/grease-feminism-is-the-word/

Updated On: 2/1/16 at 01:09 PM

[broadwayboy223]

Posted: 2/1/16 at 1:50pm

I don't get the hype about Carly and Julianne. I thought Julianne had an okay voice but the most distracting part of her performance was her acting. There was no character at all. She just batted her eyelashes a lot. And whoever mentioned that the relationship between Sandy and Danny was underdeveloped was so right. I really like Vanessa but I felt she didn't become Rizzo until her song. As I've said before the productions values were awesome. I really enjoyed the look of everything. I didn't think much of Boys II Men. They should have had Jessie J stick around to sing Beauty School Dropout. 

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

Posted: 2/1/16 at 1:57pm

Carly Rae has dead eyes.

[smallvillefan16]

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

I really enjoyed the show, but I felt like all the actors just recreated the characters from the 78 film. It was like watching Vanessa Hudgens playing Stockard Channing playing Rizzo. Not that that is a bad thing, she was great in it. I just wish they allowed the characters to be reinvented by the actors. I thought KeKe and Carly were standouts. None of the T-Birds impressed me. After listening to the 94 'Those Magic Changes' you cannot help but wish that was how the song was performed.