I remember even when it came out a lot of people talking about that. But I think the play was very much about the 50s and the story is still mostly about that. Only they keep layering on other messages to make it relevent to the times. So yeah, in the 70s movie the pre-spandex pants and the Candies kind of say it all. She's supposed to be a cool girl from the 70s who's hot. And I remember talking to someone once who said they thought that the revivals started making it that the greasers are the people who express themselves. Like I heard that when Brooke Sheilds was Rizzo, she sang Greased Lightning. Which completely confused me--why would a girl sing Greased Lightning when it's about boys thinking their hot cat will get many girls to fuck them?
So yeah, definitely there's many different things to get from it. But the script in one way or the other is really obsessed with sex. People who openly have it and want it are happier and cooler than those that don't.
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Date: 2011-07-06 12:21 am (UTC)So yeah, definitely there's many different things to get from it. But the script in one way or the other is really obsessed with sex. People who openly have it and want it are happier and cooler than those that don't.