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The real moral of Grease

posted 13 years ago by cwilson83088
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Grease has a bad moral of the story. Sandy turns from good to "bad" so she would fit in. She spent the entire year trying to make friends with the pink ladies and only succeeds at the end of the year. What was the point of her changing than? It was the end of the year, she was presumably going to a university while everyone else became townee's and got pregnant. It was not necessary for her to make friends with them if she was going to college anyway. But she didn't. She chose Danny Zuko instead, and subsequently, that sweet girl was sucked into a vortex known as "mediocrity". She gave up her hopes and dreams, and eventually being successful for some guy who dances and uses too much grease. Danny Zuko- (5 years later, babies are crying in the background, in a cigarette smoke filled house with minimal lighting) "Hey Babe, I found a box of unmarked cans outside. Could be peaches. Could be dog food." All the while Sandy is standing by breast feeding a baby and smoking a cigarette thinking "Holy *beep* I gave it all up for this."

[–] apbadogs-1 12 years ago

The fact that you've spent what appears to be quite a bit of time analyzing a fun musical is pretty funny.

[–] Radiofan15 12 years ago

Actually, I sort of agree with you..
I saw Grease for the very first time some days ago and I noticed this too...
Of course, it doesn't kill the rest of the movie for me, it's a nice movie for what it is and the ending wouldn't ruin the film's fun and lighthearted nature

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[–] Zando777 12 years ago

True. I liked her more as a good girl than a skank-whore.

Of course, some people are happy as pregnant townies.

[–] JohnQ1127 12 years ago

Basically if you're a girl in high school the moral is if you want to be popular and have people like you then be a slut.

I always thought it was mildly funny and ironic that the big rebels: "The T-Birds & The Pink Ladies" are against the conformity of the suburban lifestyle of the 1950's yet in order to join them you have to conform exactly to their strict set of behaviors and beliefs.

[–] jefgg 11 years ago

"Grease" was a lighthearted romp. It did not have much of a message.

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[–] cwilson83088 11 years ago

I was being facetious. Look it up.

[–] jctennant55-892-30458 11 years ago

Give me a break! It is only a movie for pete's sake. If you would pick apart every movie that had any scene whatsoever that depicted bad/loose morals there would be very few films left to see. Personally I would not like to have to watch endless showings of "Bambi" just to think I would not be corrupt or get loose morals. Any movie can be picked apart for scenes for moral decay but that in my opinion would be like spending 2 hrs. watching paint dry. Some of the worst examples of moral decay in movies are the ones from the 20's and 30's. Most of them portray adults drinking like fish and smoking like chimneys. Just because most of the men always wore tuxedos and the women wearing formal gowns did not make them saints or angels as seen in Hollywood Babylon. Many scandals were covered up for many reasons by the major studios and sorted details were not given until after the death of the movie stars.