Ok, Grease!!

Sorry but, HATE IT!!!! With a fiery passion. The word Grease makes my blood boil. I've always hated it, but the past three summers when I have worked at a theatre camp, we have had to do this show not once, but twice. Forty little kids running around screeching out Summer Nights and Hopelessly Devoted, etc. Hearing the songs over and over and over... Aaaaaaah! But like I said, I disliked it before all that started anyways.

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I love Grease. It's really cheesy & the music isn't even all that good. but I love it. I just did it for my school show this past year; I played Patty Simcox & I loved it. My favorite song is either 'raining on promnight' or 'mooning'.

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The stage version is weird. At least the original. I don't think the mix of seriousness and comedy is approached properly. The characters never really develop, so for instance, when Rizzo sings "Worse Things I Could Do", I can't really take her seriously... because up to that point she's been a very 1 dimensional character.

And if you do take her character seriously, it's like 1 in the entire show. I realize the show isn't meant to be taken seriously, but when you put a song like that in there, it just kind of makes everything weird.

"Grease" strikes me as a show that is much more fun to DO than it is to sit through.

I have never found the outcome satisfying (in order to get the one you love you have to CHANGE) nor the show to be an appropriate one for high schools to produce (I'm pregnant! No I'm not! Yay!) but there sure are some terrific tunes.

To single out one sems unfair when so many are such fun, but today I'm leaning toward "Beauty School Dropout".

i loved the movie i was 15 when it came out i will be seeing a local production of it soon here in san diego

all the songs just makes you happy

jeanne

Who else CAN'T STAND the Sandy on the original Broadway Cast Recording?

None of the singers in the original CD impressed me. I think the only song I prefer from the original to the revival is "Freddy My Love." It sounds sexier when it's done low.

I love the movie! I've never seen the stage version, and to be honest, I don't really want to.

jera

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I haven't seen or heard the original broadway stage versionm. My mother loved the show on Broadway and saw it several times. I realy like most of the cut songs. I was going to buy the original bway cast, but i bought MAME instead, I think i should ahve gone with grease. I like mame, well because angela is in it!

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Um... definitely not. Unless something was rewritten, there's no nudity necessary in Grease.

I like the movie and I love the stage production. The stage production was actually a bit raunchier, but had so much energy. After the movie cleaned up the show a bit, most amateur and professional productions took that route and the original spirit of the show is pretty much extinct. You're the One That I Want and Sandy are ok songs, but I much prefer the original versions, All Choked Up and Stranded at the Drive-In. Should there be another Broadway revival (which is most likely), I would love to see it produced more like the original production. The London revival was pretty much a stage version of the film, with the actors phoning in their performances. The audience talked through the show until there was a song they knew and then sang along. It was horrible.

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