Fun fact: The scene when Danny and the T-Birds see Sandy for the first time as a hardcore made-over Pink Lady at the senior carnival towards the end of the film, was their true reactions. The actors were not allowed to see Olivia Newton-John in her made-over bad girl image, so the shocked looked they had on their faces was their real reactions.
Wrong... The audio was recorded on the same day he died and the Elvis line was always in the song. Elvis was planned to be the Angel in the movie but turned down the part. So they put the scene in as a substitute (not sure if it was in the original stage production though). The fact that he died on the same day reportedly weirded out all of the cast members that did the recording.
Grease is an iconic film. This was technically a part of my father’s childhood. Olivia Newton John and John Travolta were the power pairing that nobody quite seen before. Wherever Olivia Newton John is now, I hope she’s resting well in paradise. She’s someone that pretty much everyone may have looked up to at some point in their lives. Overall, she may have lead a great life.
I just listened to her autobiography on Audible, and yes, she did have a great life. She also sounded like a wonderful, loving human being. She will be missed.
The "random man" who performs Beauty School Dropout is Frankie Avalon who was a teen idol in the 50's. This movie came out in the 70's but was largely geared to those who had been young in the 50's so they would've recognized him definitely. I think Frenchy refers to him in some way earlier as well, but can't remember.
So you missed it, but they were both willing to change for each other. He didn't just go to track that one time and then quit. He lettered in track (basically he did really good/went to meets probably won some races too) that's why he's not wearing his leather jacket at the end he's wearing his letterman jacket. It's an implication that he showed dedication and follow through but the cultural context is muddled the farther we get from the time. Also.. yeah the movie still has plenty of problematic elements..
Yes she completely missed it. Even her parents probably saw this and were fans of it while most likely even owning it in thier collection while this youtuber grew up.
Danny was willing to change for her and she was willing to change for him. It’s called sacrifice sometimes is what it takes to make a relationship work. Nothing wrong with that.
so my theory about how danny acts around sandy is that he's never experienced a proper love in his life. he's used to being a tough guy who has to act machismo around people in order to be respected. but sandy shakes that, she makes him feel soft and empathetic and so he doesnt know how to portray that side of him so he continues to act the only way he knows how which is why he continues to fuck up. he's not used to someone rejecting everything he's been conditioned to know as normal.
Even though the actors are in their 20s and 30s, the characters are teens of the 1950s. The characters don't know any better. All they know is what they've seen in movies if their parents haven't had "the talk" with them...lol
We don't know that Sandy changed. We only know that she changed her clothes. For one afternoon. She has a whole closet full of poodle skirts at home and she'll probably go back to them. But for one day she wanted to have fun with fashion and try on a wilder look. Why not? And Sandy does not do this for Danny. Danny already likes Sandy. He likes poodle skirt Sandy. That's how he met her. Sandy might just be doing this to prove something to herself.
Honestly it always seemed like two people who like each other trying to meet half way. Danny tried sports she hang with the pink ladies. He was wearing a school sweater before she came out dressed to the nines.
@@RaspberryHugs Tell me about it. My boyfriend is my opposite. I have low self esteem because of my problems; I grew up hating my personality and who I am as a person because I was so different from everyone else and could never fit in. But he loves me for who I am and wouldn't change a thing about me. That is what love is.
I don't hate the movie but I do hate that Sandy "changed" in the end. Like no, girl. Stay true to yourself! I mean yeah learn to take some risks and come out of your shell and all that but overall, I just hope the new look and personality was only a temporary thing and it only signified that she's learning to take some risks and try new things while still being herself. That being said, the songs are freakin' iconic! My personal favorites are Summer Lovin', Sandra Dee, and Worst Things I Could Do! Hopelessly Devoted and Grease Lightning are honorable mentions though.
People seem to really focus on Sandy changing, but seem to forget that Danny also changed for sandy. The other T Birds talked about how Danny turned jock for Sandy. I do get there are other problems with the film, but this ending is the only thing I really didn't mind. They both changed a bit for the other and the original writer said that after the movie, Sandy went back to being a good girl and Danny stayed a jock (but also remained with the Tbirds)
@@cerdas1814 to be honest I find myself forgetting about Danny becoming a jock lol That is good to know though that they both remained true to themselves.
i don't like when people take away that sandy changed for danny, because that's not what happened. but the way they show it, with sandy having a drastic outfit change, it's easy to remember oh well she changed for him. the movie could've done a better job of showing sandy changing and coming into her own more, cuz it's there, just not as blatant. and we see danny change as well, i mean he fully joined track. but again, it's not obvious. especially since the movie happens over a whole year yet you don't have a real concept of time throughout.
Fun fact: Olivia and John weren't supposed to have a dance scene together. Because Olivia wasn't the best dancer but she insisted to the director, who let them have one. That's how we got their cute dancing scene
Olivia's character Sandy was not supposed to even go to the dance. It was the choreographer, Pat Birch, who saw Olivia dancing during rehearsals that changed it because she felt it would work and would be great in the movie.
I kind of had a summer romance when I was 15 (almost a decade ago). Went to Australia to visit some of my Mum's side of the family and whilst I was there, I kind of started dating my cousin's best friend. We were there for a month. Had a first kiss at sunset and everything 🤣. We "broke up" the day before I left because doing long distance would have been too hard (14 hour time difference), and still talk to this day via the power of social media. I say "broke up" in quotations because we never really became boyfriend and girlfriend officially. He's currently single and still friends with my cousin, and jokingly refers to me as his first love. I too am still single and I look back on that summer fondly
@@SophiaPhannn We were going to go back to Australia in 2020 but then you know what happened. I'd like to go back and see him again but I doubt anything would happen. I'm not the same person I was back then and I doubt he is either 🤣
@@lilyquinn1711 You never really know til you try. Sometimes two people can change over time and still be compatible with each other as the people they grew into or currently are bettering themselves to be. It's funny how sometimes life works that way. I hope you two get a chance to at least hang out like this again :).
I think it's unrealistic that only the guy group peer pressure played a role in blocking their relationship. Sandy's group literally was denouncing everything she was telling them even though they didn't know it was Danny and meanwhile while it's obvious his friends are horn dogs I don't really see them as the type to pressure him not to have a girlfriend.
If I remember correctly, and I could be super wrong cause it’s been a while, but the movie was written by a couple of guys based on their own high school experience in the 50’s. So it’s not hard to see how it’s aged since then from that perspective of the Greaser’s all being bros and the girls usually being very catty until the end. In a lot of media over the years we tend to see women portrayed that way around each other more often then not, even when it wouldn’t really make sense. I grew up when Aaron Carter cheating on Hilarie Duff with Lindsay Lohan or whatever was a big deal, and even at that age was wondering why no one was pointing the finger at him 🤷🏻♀️ Even in the 70’s when it first came out on Broadway I’m sure there were differences in how it was viewed vs how it would have been viewed in the 50’s itself and even more-so now but there’s also a lot of things that can be related to as well as just a touch point on how we’ve evolved over time or even haven’t in some cases, how things like trying to slip and “aspirin” into someone’s drink has been a thing since before some of us were born. Or even changing for a guy you don’t realize isn’t really worthy of you, which in context it’s still high school with your first real boyfriend or girlfriend so you never really know until you go through it.
I don't it was his friends that cared Danny felt like he had to put on because Sandy wasn't the type of girl people expect him to go for and he was scared they'd look at him differently.
I always took the Sandy thing as not changing herself exactly but trying on a new style. You know like going to college and trying something new. She was always trying something new, flirty and fun (did you see how she strung along that football player). And for sure Sandy is dumping Danny while she’s in college.
The song "Beauty School Drop Out" was sung by Frankie Avalon, who had a bunch of hits in the late 50's/early 60's. You might know his song Venus. But yeah basically a cameo, although most people that watch the movie now no longer know who he is, I know I didn't until I heard it in some Grease trivia!
My dad's an old school punker and every time this came on tv and I was singing along enthusiastically, it killed him. by the way, knowing that high school musical was supposed to be a grease remake is insane
@@SophiaPhannn smoking her chocolate (this is still the disney channel) cigarettes on her sensible heels with the side fringe that they convinced all tweens was "edgy"
ONJ (rip) sung Hopelessly Devoted from her heart. Literally. She stayed firmly in her chest with her tonality. Never went heady or nasal or guttural. Straight from the heart. So beautiful.
I never saw sandy as “changing” at the end, more just put on a costume for Danny. She makes it very clear in the song what her intentions are and what she needs from him to be happy. She’s still herself, just playing up the bad girl image for fun.
Right that's why she sang the line goodbye to Sandra D. She was just saying goodbye for a little bit so she could PLaY uP tO tHe BaD GiRL iMAge FoR fUN 🤪
Grease was my absolute FAVORITE movie as a child. I was far too young to truly understand the concept of the movie or any of the jokes but I adored it. I watched the vhs every single day, maybe sometimes twice a day, for years until the tape ripped and was unwatchable. I watch it from time to time now and its amazing how much I couldnt understand as a child. RIP Olivia Newton John. The woman i was named after.
I was exactly the same, watching it but not being of the age to understand it at first. We had four movies on VHS that we watched many times over. They were Grease, Grease 2, Annie and The Sound of Music. My parents both passed away in the last few years and they still had the VHS tapes.
Sonny was drunk at the dance, and the craziest thing is that both rizzo, and cha cha are Danny’s exes. That means Kenickie his best friend, dated his ex, and went to the dance with his other ex.
It must have been a really special time to be alive when this was first released in cinemas and literally no one on this planet of the general public had seen the fully finished cinema theatrical release until then, and then for the songs to be in the charts for weeks on end to top off what had become a movie musical phenomenon. RIP Olivia Newton John, forever Sandy!
RIP Olivia. You were an icon. 💔 Side note, I would love to see you react to the 2007 Hairspray movie. Personally, I have more fun watching John Travolta in that movie as Penny's mother! Plus Hairspray is one of my personal favorite musicals both the movie and the play in general.
Un-Fun Fact: The lady who played Cha-Cha DiGregorio almost died from an ectopic pregnancy when they were filming the movie and was in excruciating pain during the prom dance scene (she had to be hospitalized afterwards) and could barely stand up during the big car race at the end.
Danny changed for Sandy too. You could look at it as minimal but he slowly started not caring about what his friends thought. That was huge for him. Peer pressure is the ONLY reason he was a dxck. Without peer pressure, he's a perfect gentleman. I felt like they met each other halfway versus one changing for the other.
Lovely singing Sophia! 🥰 You might enjoy the recent-ish (2016) production of the stage version - Grease: Live!, with Vanessa Hudgens as Rizzo and Carly Rae Jepson as Frenchie.
YESSS. I remember being so excited for that to premiere bc I loved everyone in the cast (Vanessa Hudgens, Julianne Hough, Carlos Pena, Jordan Fisher, Keke Palmer, and especially loved Jessie J singing Grease is the Word). UA-cam Movies recently made it available to watch for free (with ads) but it’s not free anymore :(
@@stephaniefrost4910Vanessa Hudgens was the only name i recognized from that list (i'm old), and that's only because she is the undisputed queen of crap Christmas movies. 😅
They changed for each other. Danny joined track and lettered in it and Sandy became comfortable with who she is. She can still be a sweetheart with a leather jacket on…
exactly!!! when i saw this movie when i was like twelve, i hated it. i thought she changed for him and that was the message. but they both grew and made changes and compromised because they were willing to work for one another and i think there's something beautiful in that. to say "omg she didn't need to change for a man!!" and to say that the ONLY message of the film is to change for a man is really over-simplifying things lol i'm glad i rewatched it when i got older and could see the other layers. like with ferris bueler. i was like "omg this dumb bad kid is skipping school and being a menace." now i see it as "omg this is a film about a boy who is struggling DEEPLY and his friends spend the entire film reaching out to him in love and support and that's what the film is about." it's fun to go back and rewatch things as you get older and see them with a deeper mindset than before.
Hmm I would like to argue that Danny made more than enough mistakes with Sandy, and yet, SHE was always the one who tried to reach out to Danny (as if she was the one in the wrong??). Yeah sure Danny put on the jacket at the end, but his effort was very miniscule compared to Sandy. I mean she picked up smoking LMAO AND he took off the letterman jacket right after she showed up!! I would agree that they BOTH changed for each other IF the movie showed Danny making an equal amount of effort to change. But it seems more one sided to me, and THAT'S what bugged me
@@SophiaPhannn Fair argument, but I'm gonna counter it and say ... just as Frenchy so eloquently stated, "Men are rats, listen to me, they're fleas on rats, worse than that, they're amoebas on fleas on rats." And that's a man! Teenage boys, 'cause as ridiculous as it is all of these characters are high school age, including Danny. He's a dumb 18-year-old boy. Perhaps, like Sandy, I'm too forgiving of Danny's mistakes. I like to think that he learned from those mistakes and they lived happily ever after. It's the 50s so they probably got married soon after high school and punched out a few kids before the age of 25. Jinkies! I can't even say to look up the deleted scenes for the 'fill in the blanks' between the dance and the drive-in cause they do not exist. But I imagine Danny called her the next day, apologised, and then asked her on a date to the drive-in. Sandy being 'Hopelessly Devoted' gave him yet another chance cause young love... A scene like that would be nice, but then the movie would be as long as Titanic, so you're forced to use your imagination to fill in the holes. P.S. It's hard to dance with a cardigan on! haha P.S.S. No matter what, it's a great and classic flick and we can all agree on that ONJ stole the show! Rest in 'Magic', Dame Olivia Newton-John
That's also fair! Tbh I forget that they're supposed to be high school students 😂 teens are meant to make mistakes and learn from them. Who knows, maybe Danny did learn his lesson and changed afterwards, but we'll never know! Just based off of the events in the movie, he sucks though LMAO
I mean, at least Danny attempted to change too with his preppy outfit before Sandy showed up, so that's a minor consolation lmao. I actually forgot how shitty Danny as a character was in this movie
I always tought of it as a sexual liberation amongst teens in adolescense movie. The change, ladies turning "pink" IS the point. I also dont approve of most of the men in film, but i think danny is ok, despite peer pressure which reveals both sandys and dannys real characters by the end of the movie
Already seen the title and absolutely agree! Danny sucks and Sandy was way too good for him! I didn’t know she’d passed! RIP Olivia, your songs are so good and you’re a great actress and from what I’d seen a good person. You will be missed!
Not gonna lie, I always saw it as Danny was a sweet guy but was overcome with peer pressure from his "cool" friends to come across as this douchey asshole. Plus, it's high school so there's always time to grow.
@@BeeKee404 That's the point. Danny's flaw is that he is too worried about his reputation, and peer pressure is what drives him in his more questionable moments. But he's not a bad guy at heart and he genuinely DOES care about Sandy.
It took me a while to like Grease. I love the music, but the story still loses me. I know it is the 50s, but hate the misogyny in this film. As I got older, I loved Rizzo more and more. I loved her loyalty to her friends (meaning before Sandy) and she knew her self-worth. I do wish some of the healthier relationships were on screen more. They were very minor.
"There are worst things I could do" has to be my favourite song from Grease, and for some reason I LOVE so much "Beauty School Dropout" (also Blaine's cover on Glee is really great!) P.S. Sophia, you always look so stunning 🤧💛
I laughed way too hard at the enraged "I hope he's not doing well in life"! Danny is just one of those characters that is so hard to watch. He has the decision-making skills of the first victim in a horror movie, but we have to watch him stumble through the whole movie.
What a great voice and reaction! Hopelessly devoted really hits me being someone who lost someone that passed away and it just hits the right feels the second I hear the tune. Keep up the great work
About the race: It was clearly meant to be a "duel", that's why he called Danny his "second", a person who was supposed to take over in the event that the duelist was unable to do it himself
LOL! There used to be an over-the-counter medication for psoriasis and the slogan in their TV commercials was, "Do YOU have heartbreak of psoriasis?". The 50s were before my time, but I think they must have still been using that slogan in the 60s or 70s, because I remember it. Anyway, that's why Frenchie asks Sandy if she has psoriasis since she mentioned heartbreak. The guardian angel wasn't just any "random ass man"; he was Frankie Avalon who was famous in the 50s for his teen beach movies with Annette Funicello and had several hit records. They cast a lot of stars from the 50s as adults in the movie. I'm not sure, but I think the dance they were doing when you asked might have been the Jitterbug (though I think it originated in the 40s). The significance to the waitresses was, first, the white haired waitress is Joan Blondell, an actress who was at her peak in movies in that time, so they probably had to pay her more than most cameos, so they probably wanted to get their money's worth. And second, the thin, dark haired waitress on the left is John's older sister, Ellen Travolta. Plus I think it's kinda sweet that the waitresses know the kids well enough that they're rooting for them.
Actually your point about them dressing like the teachers at 17:43. Yes. Teen fashion didn’t become a “thing” until about the late 60s, so 1950s teens dressed pretty similarly to adults. Also I think showing Danny at the end with a cardigan with a big letter R shows that he did stick with a sport and got a varsity letter from it.
During an interview, Didi Conn (Frenchie) said that the smoke only went up on one side of her mouth because she had broken her nose. This was said on "VH-1's I Love the 70's 1978" during the Grease clip
For the dancing competition, I think Danny either: A) Got so caught up in the competition aspect he didn’t realize Sandy was eliminated, or did realize it but winning had already become his goal B) Thought being the winner was what would attract Sandy the most even if he won without her, while Sandy was just wanting to have fun and enjoy the moment together
Danny was willing to change because of his love for Sandy. That was the arch of his character. Sandy wanted monogamy with Danny, but also knew she had to grow up and become an adult, which meant accepting her sexuality.
I’ve always liked this movie. They both changed for the other. Danny kept doing track and lettered in track. He was wearing his letterman jacket at the end. In the end they pretty much met in the middle. The jock that Sandy was with part of the movie was played by Lorenzo Lamas who was a big action star in the 80s and 90s. He went from a clean cut boy to a “bad boy” look.
I don't agree with people who say that Sandy change yourself for Danny in the end but if you pay attention to the lyrics of the song You're the One That I Want they're basically making a deal and Sandy only dresses like that to get his attention to be like hey this is what you're going to be missing out on if you don't treat me right
summer romance hit me hard last year, i went to california to meet my online friend group and ended up in a relationship with the guy hosting all of us, we're still going strong a year later!
Fun fact: The school dance was one of the most difficult sequences to shoot. It was shot during the summer, in a school gymnasium with no A/C, under super hot stage lights, across the street from a sausage factory. The actor playing Putzie ended up wearing the two Hershey bars he had up his sleeves. While the actor playing Sonny was hospitalized for either heat stroke or heat exhaustion and was out of commission for several days. Also during the race at Thunder Road, the cast had to wrap their feet in plastic wrap due to the stagnant water of the LA River. The only person who forgot was the director who was hospitalized with a viral infection. Also the actress playing Cha-Cha either had or was recovering from pneumonia at the time.
Idk why women think Danny is a cocky jerk, maybe you have to be a guy to pick it up but throughout the movie he's very self conscious and cares far too much for his friends' opinion of him, him acting like a jerk is him pretending to be "cool"
26:51 I never really thought too much about this reprise until I saw Jojo Siwa & Jenna Johnson do a Foxtrot performance to it on Dancing with the Stars last year. The emotions they gave the characters as they danced made me really appreciate this part in the film/musical. This moment was actually a very beautiful climax of Sandy & Frenchie's friendship. It's not flashy and hyped up like the ending where Sandy & Danny make their relationship official...it's a quietly powerful show of non-judgmental and supportive friendship. I think they'll be friends for decades; long after Sandy inevitably gets sick of Danny's immaturity. I am still annoyed that it signifies Sandy basically deciding to change to meet Danny almost the entire way instead of him committing to meeting her in the middle, tho. Frankly, if he fell for her as she is at the start of the movie; it was unnecessary for her to "change" anyway. HE was the one presenting false and misleading images of his personality and vibes over summer. Imo, the onus was on him for any changing just becuase Sandy never misled him on who she was when he fell for her; unlike him. He may have been less guarded and more genuine when away from his friends over the summer, so maybe not all of that summer romance was deceptive. But it's clear he still prioritizes how he appears to his friends over being mature enough to be open and genuine with her. He was SO CLOSE. It's disappointing that he immediately reverted when he saw her makeover. He could have easily appreciated her efforts and still stuck with his..... Anyway, she changed her vibes for the sake of his aesthetic, and he had temporary experience with change, when you get down to it. I wouldn't care so much if it was more for herself than mostly for the sake of "keeping" him.
I think the “Grease Live!” with Julianne Hough, Aaron Tveit, & Vanessa Hudgens is a lot better because the actors look a tad more realistically their age (everyone looks SO old in this movie except for Olivia) & they mess with the ending to make it a bit less of her just changing for him. Also Carly Rae Jepsen plays Frenchie amazingly in it. A better more fun & silly musical with Olivia Newton John is “Xanadu.” Yes it’s decisive, but I think it’s amazing in its disco-ness. It’s also not adults pretending to be teenagers. 😹
I didn't see it as Sandy changing for Danny. I saw it as for while, she felt unsure about herself feeling like a bit of an outsider among their group of friends and wanted to show there was more to her than the sweet, wholesome good girl everybody saw her as. I think by transforming into the greaser girl, she got a chance to show another facet to herself, expressing her sexy side and inner bad girl that she probably had deeply rooted in her all along. That is confirmed in the reprise of the Sandra Dee song. Plus, during their song "You're the One That I Want" she is the one that is sort of calling the shots, insisting that he shape up, get his act together and change some of his immature ways, because she wants a man not a boy and basically, she has standards. Danny is aware of all of this and agrees he needs to get himself in order if he wants another chance with her. Lasty, I believe Danny taking off his letterman jacket shows that he will never be a preppy jock just like Sandy taking off her greaser jacket and then not knowing what to do with her cigarette at first shows she will never really be a greaser girl.
The guy singing Beauty School Drop-out was Frankie Avalon who was a big star at the time and did songs for the film. This movie came from a stage show.
Yeah I think the big flaw of the movie was not showing how both of them were not being true to themselves. Like show more how Sandy finds the popular crew to be bland and how she admires the pink ladies but can’t really hangout with them to much bc of her parents or something. Then Danny can be shown making friends on the track team and dismantling his notions of toxic masculinity.
You should also see Zanadu! 😎 It’s probably Olivia Newton John’s next most well-known movie. Plus, it’s Gene Kelly’s last movie, and it’s the first movie to have a Don Bluth animated sequence after his departure from Disney!
To the comment about changing for a person, "summer Danny" and "school Danny" are symbolism for the diversity of human expression vs expectations. In life we have our work, personal, and interpersonal selves. No everyone we meet or know has access to the fully scope of an individual's expression. For Danny, it's balancing the parts of himself that mean the most to him. From the motor club to T-birds to Sandy, they all have difference expectation of a person and for a "kid" in school, it's highly relatable. Sandy, not only express similar dynamic but the social plight of an immigrant trying to find balance in a foreign country that not only aligns with her nature but her desires expression. Sandy is kind even to those who would belittle her but she accepts that part of herself. She not tries to be with the "simple jock" as expectation of the perfect pair but that too didn't resonate with her because Danny. He was her "perfect" match, the sweet summer lover and the school bad boy who kept himself guarded. He's loyal to the people he cares about and tries to find a place in his life for all of them. That's why Sandy dressed up as the Bad girl, She didn't change because it was still her. It's how she wanted Danny to see more of her personality, she's soft and kind but tough. She too is dedicated to him and wants him to match his effort. She literally has everyone drooling over her but tells Danny, you're the only one I want and willing to put herself fully out there for that. Danny never once asked Sandy to change how she dressed, thought or behaved. It's because Danny loved her regardless. Sandy did imply Danny has to change but in a reasonable fashion... Don't be afraid to show the world that you care about me. That's all they wanted from each other, it wasn't a battle of how they have to express themselves. They were already complicating that part all on their own. They felt inadequate because of the social expectation of their peers. Sandy changed to be Pink Lady worthy, a standard Danny never set for her and if anything try to keep Sandy away from them. Also, the look Rizzo and Danny shared at the bonfire was because Rizzo got her revenge on Danny. Danny and her have a past and for some reason not explained, it didn't work out. Rizzo was hurt by this and constantly trying to have Danny "realize what he missed out on." She didn't realize it was just incompatibility not anything wrong with her or him. That's why there's that tension in the diner and why she was so happy to see Danny and Sandy have that moment. She wanted to expose Danny as a fake sweetheart good guy especially since Sandy is "too pure." It was a misery loves company type of moment for her that with time she learned that Danny isn't fake. That's a part of his expectation and the part that's a sweetheart is real and alive for Sandy. That Sandy wasn't just sheltered and could become Jaded like her but Sandy is a truly kind and caring person despite how people treated her because that's true to her nature. That's why and how they settled everything within the group and accepted Danny and Sandy are a great pairing because they genuinely care about each other. Rizzo and Kenickie are better suited because of their same style of tough "i can't cry in front of you" /" you're my best friend and I can't hug you but I want to" type personalities. volatile tempers. That's why Rizzo help Sandy with the "cig" toss to "be cool" but Danny only wanted Sandy long before Sandy even decided to "change." People don't change their nature or true self expression, they only change their behaviors. Sandy and Danny are still themselves but only changed how the rest of the world could see them, the fuller scope of their personality.
I totally disagree with her changing being a bad thing! Danny tried to be a jock for her but it didn't make sense, his friends didn't understand it and it wasn't who he was - Sandy, on the other hand had become close with the 'bad' girls and never got along too well with the cheerleaders in the first place, she decided to just go all in and be in the friend group. She just decided she wanted to have fun instead, I think.
Your zoom-in on Rizzo tearing up that card, going "oOhHHhhh" sent me 💀(why did I never notice that before?? I've seen this several times during childhood and HS?!?)
Changing your style of clothing for someone is not the same as changing your values. Also Danny was willing to change to fit into Sandy's circle and she was willing to do the same for him and I think that's ok. I'd like to think they both stayed through to themselves in the end though but that was just a fun little compromise because they really were at the end of the day from two different worlds.
The waitress on the left is John's sister. The little blonde waitress (the one who has the scene with Frenchie "your hair looks like an easter egg") is Joan Blondell, a major star from the early 1930s in what I believe is her final role.
Lol, the random man singing in the beauty school dropout number was actually like a teen heartthrob at the time, just imagine it like a backstreet boy or a Justin Bieber cameo.
Olivia passing hurts me in so many ways I adored her for months before passing and I never even got to meet her like I dreamed but I love her. Yes one of the waitresses is John’s sister.
Isn’t it crazy how when the man changes for the woman it’s commended but when the woman changes for the man it’s shamed, let’s all accept one another’s personalities but never crappy behaviour
My first time to your channel....and damn girl you can sing !!! OJN is just amazing, what a performer and wonderful woman she was. Loved your reaction, and look forward to seeing more.
That random man singing beauty School dropout is the legendary singer Frankie Avalon. I am 51 years old and he's even before my generation but he was very big in the late fifties into the 60s.
Gurl your voice is amazing!!!! I love this movie even though realistically the people in it are hella messy but this movie was my Nina’s favorite movie and this automatically reminds me of her! Rip!!
Loveddddd Olivia ❤❤❤❤ as flawed as you may find this film i would not change a thing!! part of my teen yrs i loveeeeee it!! /Btw you could have paid homage to Olivia by listening to one of her many iconic hits. She was more then just Sandy.
All these years my mind tried to block out the fact that Danny essentially tried to force himself on Sandy. That alone make his character irredeemable in my eyes.
@Mewmew but it doesn't seem that way. It really does just seem like assault. But like you said a different time, different feelings on the matter. What do I know?
@Mewmew it was a different time but he literally aggressively attempted to force himself onto her, it was never hinted or implied that she wanted to say yes. she was trying to enjoy the movie
I asked my grandma about this scene. She acknowledged my feelings but she mentioned that a lot of guys were like that, under the impression that they could persuade a woman if they were persistent. She says that it was something she experienced herself and it was seen more as playful than as assault. She told me that she's glad consent is taken more seriously now but she's not surprised that a movie set in this time portrays him that way. Then she made a dirty joke about some of the men she dated and I wanted to puke.
If you haven’t seen it I would recommend watching Grease Live. I was so impressed by the way they did all the scenes live on tv, and the singing and dancing is amazing. Would highly recommend!
18:19 it’s called swing dancing! There’s also a little bit of Lindy Hop in the movie & I’m so sorry you had such a negative first experience doing it 😂 it looks so fun!
OKAY I thought it was swing dancing, but I wasn't too sure. I've been swing dancing a few times afterwards, so I don't have anything negative against it. I'm just bitter at that guy hahaha 😂
I cannot believe I seen this movie like a billion times and never the notice that Rizzo changed outfits between the Sandra Dee song and leaving the sleepover
“ Sandy men are rats I mean they’re too low for even the dogs to bite “ ahh I love that line 😭😂😩 but why did Danny compliment Rizzo then insult afterwards wth lol
Now, as a counterpoint to this movie, you have to watch Crybaby. It's basically the exact opposite of Grease. While Grease pretends to hold onto this image of innocence, it's actually pretty raunchy. With Crybaby, it makes out like it's this tale of debauchery and woe, when it's actually pretty sweet and innocent, all things considered.
The way I see it, Sandy isn't really the way she wants to be. She's been raised strictly so she doesn't really have an opportunity to discover her own self. Danny didn't tell her that she has to change, it was at her own will. She's in a phase that she will explore now to try and search for her true self. We have id, ego, and superego. In Sandy's case, she have so much of that superego and when we have so much superego it could keep us away from the things that might probably make us happy. It's like we are a prisoner. On the other hand, Danny have so much id and having too much id can lead to self destruction and can hurt the people around him. At the end, they both found a way to balance those things out. My only problem with this movie is the SA part
Fun fact: The scene when Danny and the T-Birds see Sandy for the first time as a hardcore made-over Pink Lady at the senior carnival towards the end of the film, was their true reactions. The actors were not allowed to see Olivia Newton-John in her made-over bad girl image, so the shocked looked they had on their faces was their real reactions.
Omggg I love that
@@SophiaPhannn that's a great tribute to Olivia(Sandy). my favourite songs are summer nights and we go together
And the zipper was broken so she had to be sewn into the suit she said she had to hold going to the restroom even.
Fun fact: The "Look at me, I'm Sandra Dee" scene was filmed on the day Elvis died and the line about Elvis was put in the song as a tribute.
Was it? OH MY GOD NOOOOO
Wrong... The audio was recorded on the same day he died and the Elvis line was always in the song. Elvis was planned to be the Angel in the movie but turned down the part. So they put the scene in as a substitute (not sure if it was in the original stage production though). The fact that he died on the same day reportedly weirded out all of the cast members that did the recording.
@@ashleyharris3807well, he was certainly going to comply… Being 6ft under and all that
@@winnetouchit was originally Sal mineo but he was murdered
Grease is an iconic film. This was technically a part of my father’s childhood. Olivia Newton John and John Travolta were the power pairing that nobody quite seen before. Wherever Olivia Newton John is now, I hope she’s resting well in paradise. She’s someone that pretty much everyone may have looked up to at some point in their lives. Overall, she may have lead a great life.
I just listened to her autobiography on Audible, and yes, she did have a great life. She also sounded like a wonderful, loving human being. She will be missed.
The "random man" who performs Beauty School Dropout is Frankie Avalon who was a teen idol in the 50's. This movie came out in the 70's but was largely geared to those who had been young in the 50's so they would've recognized him definitely. I think Frenchy refers to him in some way earlier as well, but can't remember.
They do mention Annette Funicello (Frankie Avalon's love interest in all those Beach movies, and the Mouseketeer with the biggest chest, LOL).
Thought she was a musical fan. Ever heard of jersey boys?
Damn… No wonder we had no clue who the guy was. He’s at least 4 generations alway of being relevant to us!
It is incredible how millennials never do any homework nor research...the hostess is pathetic
@@marcofreitas3844 well I'm a millennial so maybe it's not so serious
So you missed it, but they were both willing to change for each other. He didn't just go to track that one time and then quit. He lettered in track (basically he did really good/went to meets probably won some races too) that's why he's not wearing his leather jacket at the end he's wearing his letterman jacket.
It's an implication that he showed dedication and follow through but the cultural context is muddled the farther we get from the time.
Also.. yeah the movie still has plenty of problematic elements..
Yes she completely missed it. Even her parents probably saw this and were fans of it while most likely even owning it in thier collection while this youtuber grew up.
Just because Danny was willing to change doesn’t excuse the rest of his abusive behavior like forcing himself onto Sandy.
Lettering for track isn't the same as lettering in other sports.
He didn't change his toxic personality traits.
"Also.. yeah the movie still has plenty of problematic elements.." 🙄
it’s funny that you said John Travolta is too old to be playing a high schooler but he was 23 & Olivia was 29.
Literally😭😭
yep, was going to say the same. think young people get confused by the old style of chlothes, language and the the fact they are not botoxed and such
Ending was corny
Well, she is a dork and she felt the need to put the movie down to appear ´up-to-date´...
Danny was willing to change for her and she was willing to change for him. It’s called sacrifice sometimes is what it takes to make a relationship work. Nothing wrong with that.
so my theory about how danny acts around sandy is that he's never experienced a proper love in his life. he's used to being a tough guy who has to act machismo around people in order to be respected. but sandy shakes that, she makes him feel soft and empathetic and so he doesnt know how to portray that side of him so he continues to act the only way he knows how which is why he continues to fuck up. he's not used to someone rejecting everything he's been conditioned to know as normal.
Even though the actors are in their 20s and 30s, the characters are teens of the 1950s. The characters don't know any better. All they know is what they've seen in movies if their parents haven't had "the talk" with them...lol
The characters are kids. Do not forget that.
thats not something anyone should ever have to deal with though.. past can explain but doesnt excuse shitty behaviour lol
@@naturalpro2003 That only excuses so much
@@RaspberryHugs Meaning?
We don't know that Sandy changed. We only know that she changed her clothes. For one afternoon. She has a whole closet full of poodle skirts at home and she'll probably go back to them. But for one day she wanted to have fun with fashion and try on a wilder look. Why not? And Sandy does not do this for Danny. Danny already likes Sandy. He likes poodle skirt Sandy. That's how he met her. Sandy might just be doing this to prove something to herself.
Honestly it always seemed like two people who like each other trying to meet half way. Danny tried sports she hang with the pink ladies. He was wearing a school sweater before she came out dressed to the nines.
sandy said “the self respect leaving my body when he does the bare minimum”
NO ACTUALLY, THE BAR WAS SO LOW FOR SANDY 😭😭😭
But ain't this alot of women now a days as well 😂
@@tiffanykim2773 Sadly too many women still changing their whole identities for men so yeah
@@RaspberryHugs Tell me about it. My boyfriend is my opposite. I have low self esteem because of my problems; I grew up hating my personality and who I am as a person because I was so different from everyone else and could never fit in. But he loves me for who I am and wouldn't change a thing about me. That is what love is.
I don't hate the movie but I do hate that Sandy "changed" in the end. Like no, girl. Stay true to yourself! I mean yeah learn to take some risks and come out of your shell and all that but overall, I just hope the new look and personality was only a temporary thing and it only signified that she's learning to take some risks and try new things while still being herself.
That being said, the songs are freakin' iconic! My personal favorites are Summer Lovin', Sandra Dee, and Worst Things I Could Do! Hopelessly Devoted and Grease Lightning are honorable mentions though.
I like to think that her new self gained enough self respect to dump Danny 😍😍😍
Pre-makeover Sandy is both cuter and cooler.
People seem to really focus on Sandy changing, but seem to forget that Danny also changed for sandy. The other T Birds talked about how Danny turned jock for Sandy. I do get there are other problems with the film, but this ending is the only thing I really didn't mind. They both changed a bit for the other and the original writer said that after the movie, Sandy went back to being a good girl and Danny stayed a jock (but also remained with the Tbirds)
@@cerdas1814 to be honest I find myself forgetting about Danny becoming a jock lol That is good to know though that they both remained true to themselves.
@@SophiaPhannn Danny change for Sandy.
i don't like when people take away that sandy changed for danny, because that's not what happened. but the way they show it, with sandy having a drastic outfit change, it's easy to remember oh well she changed for him. the movie could've done a better job of showing sandy changing and coming into her own more, cuz it's there, just not as blatant. and we see danny change as well, i mean he fully joined track. but again, it's not obvious. especially since the movie happens over a whole year yet you don't have a real concept of time throughout.
Fun fact: Olivia and John weren't supposed to have a dance scene together. Because Olivia wasn't the best dancer but she insisted to the director, who let them have one. That's how we got their cute dancing scene
Olivia's character Sandy was not supposed to even go to the dance. It was the choreographer, Pat Birch, who saw Olivia dancing during rehearsals that changed it because she felt it would work and would be great in the movie.
I kind of had a summer romance when I was 15 (almost a decade ago). Went to Australia to visit some of my Mum's side of the family and whilst I was there, I kind of started dating my cousin's best friend. We were there for a month. Had a first kiss at sunset and everything 🤣. We "broke up" the day before I left because doing long distance would have been too hard (14 hour time difference), and still talk to this day via the power of social media. I say "broke up" in quotations because we never really became boyfriend and girlfriend officially. He's currently single and still friends with my cousin, and jokingly refers to me as his first love. I too am still single and I look back on that summer fondly
Wait that's so cute, y'all need to reconnect again 👀
@@SophiaPhannn We were going to go back to Australia in 2020 but then you know what happened. I'd like to go back and see him again but I doubt anything would happen. I'm not the same person I was back then and I doubt he is either 🤣
@@lilyquinn1711 You never really know til you try. Sometimes two people can change over time and still be compatible with each other as the people they grew into or currently are bettering themselves to be. It's funny how sometimes life works that way. I hope you two get a chance to at least hang out like this again :).
@@lilyquinn1711 Still. You should give him a call. There might still be a spark there.
sophia trying to find something mean to say: " i hope he's..... n-not doing well in life!"
LOL I'm just petty 😭 maybe he's changed
@@SophiaPhannn lmfao 🤣
Sophia´s a douche bag
@@SophiaPhannnI think that may have been the gentlest petty i've ever seen.
I think it's unrealistic that only the guy group peer pressure played a role in blocking their relationship. Sandy's group literally was denouncing everything she was telling them even though they didn't know it was Danny and meanwhile while it's obvious his friends are horn dogs I don't really see them as the type to pressure him not to have a girlfriend.
If I remember correctly, and I could be super wrong cause it’s been a while, but the movie was written by a couple of guys based on their own high school experience in the 50’s. So it’s not hard to see how it’s aged since then from that perspective of the Greaser’s all being bros and the girls usually being very catty until the end. In a lot of media over the years we tend to see women portrayed that way around each other more often then not, even when it wouldn’t really make sense. I grew up when Aaron Carter cheating on Hilarie Duff with Lindsay Lohan or whatever was a big deal, and even at that age was wondering why no one was pointing the finger at him 🤷🏻♀️
Even in the 70’s when it first came out on Broadway I’m sure there were differences in how it was viewed vs how it would have been viewed in the 50’s itself and even more-so now but there’s also a lot of things that can be related to as well as just a touch point on how we’ve evolved over time or even haven’t in some cases, how things like trying to slip and “aspirin” into someone’s drink has been a thing since before some of us were born. Or even changing for a guy you don’t realize isn’t really worthy of you, which in context it’s still high school with your first real boyfriend or girlfriend so you never really know until you go through it.
I don't it was his friends that cared Danny felt like he had to put on because Sandy wasn't the type of girl people expect him to go for and he was scared they'd look at him differently.
I always took the Sandy thing as not changing herself exactly but trying on a new style. You know like going to college and trying something new. She was always trying something new, flirty and fun (did you see how she strung along that football player). And for sure Sandy is dumping Danny while she’s in college.
RIP Olivia Newton John. 1948-2022.
Lost her 30 year battle with breast cancer.
The song "Beauty School Drop Out" was sung by Frankie Avalon, who had a bunch of hits in the late 50's/early 60's. You might know his song Venus. But yeah basically a cameo, although most people that watch the movie now no longer know who he is, I know I didn't until I heard it in some Grease trivia!
My dad's an old school punker and every time this came on tv and I was singing along enthusiastically, it killed him.
by the way, knowing that high school musical was supposed to be a grease remake is insane
Can you imagine Gabriella suddenly turning sexy at the end of the movie 😭
@@SophiaPhannn smoking her chocolate (this is still the disney channel) cigarettes on her sensible heels with the side fringe that they convinced all tweens was "edgy"
No sonna mine's gonna be wonna dem dere fairies!
@@godmagnus more like: no sonna mine is gonna be one of them discos!
Haha
ONJ (rip) sung Hopelessly Devoted from her heart. Literally. She stayed firmly in her chest with her tonality. Never went heady or nasal or guttural. Straight from the heart. So beautiful.
I never saw sandy as “changing” at the end, more just put on a costume for Danny. She makes it very clear in the song what her intentions are and what she needs from him to be happy. She’s still herself, just playing up the bad girl image for fun.
Right that's why she sang the line goodbye to Sandra D. She was just saying goodbye for a little bit so she could PLaY uP tO tHe BaD GiRL iMAge FoR fUN 🤪
The whole movie is Danny changing lol. The whole song is about Danny needing to shape up.
@FullOfMalarky
Yeah. As in: step up for her, prove his worth.
She becomes a soft domme and the song constitutes her first commands. 😅
Grease was my absolute FAVORITE movie as a child. I was far too young to truly understand the concept of the movie or any of the jokes but I adored it. I watched the vhs every single day, maybe sometimes twice a day, for years until the tape ripped and was unwatchable. I watch it from time to time now and its amazing how much I couldnt understand as a child. RIP Olivia Newton John. The woman i was named after.
I was exactly the same, watching it but not being of the age to understand it at first. We had four movies on VHS that we watched many times over. They were Grease, Grease 2, Annie and The Sound of Music. My parents both passed away in the last few years and they still had the VHS tapes.
I will never get over how amazing your voice is
🥺 omg thank you, you're so sweet
@@SophiaPhannn Aww it’s no problem, also I love you channel
ikr like her vibrato and technique is off the charts
Sonny was drunk at the dance, and the craziest thing is that both rizzo, and cha cha are Danny’s exes. That means Kenickie his best friend, dated his ex, and went to the dance with his other ex.
It must have been a really special time to be alive when this was first released in cinemas and literally no one on this planet of the general public had seen the fully finished cinema theatrical release until then, and then for the songs to be in the charts for weeks on end to top off what had become a movie musical phenomenon. RIP Olivia Newton John, forever Sandy!
RIP Olivia. You were an icon. 💔
Side note, I would love to see you react to the 2007 Hairspray movie. Personally, I have more fun watching John Travolta in that movie as Penny's mother! Plus Hairspray is one of my personal favorite musicals both the movie and the play in general.
I loooooove hairspray, one of my fave movie musicals
@@SophiaPhannn IKR! Good songs, good message, and just so much fun!
Side note, I just realized I put "Penny" when I meant to put Tracy. 😂 My bad! Penny is Tracy's friend. 😭😂
Un-Fun Fact: The lady who played Cha-Cha DiGregorio almost died from an ectopic pregnancy when they were filming the movie and was in excruciating pain during the prom dance scene (she had to be hospitalized afterwards) and could barely stand up during the big car race at the end.
Yuck, so abusive to make her act at that time
Danny changed for Sandy too. You could look at it as minimal but he slowly started not caring about what his friends thought. That was huge for him. Peer pressure is the ONLY reason he was a dxck. Without peer pressure, he's a perfect gentleman. I felt like they met each other halfway versus one changing for the other.
Lovely singing Sophia! 🥰
You might enjoy the recent-ish (2016) production of the stage version - Grease: Live!, with Vanessa Hudgens as Rizzo and Carly Rae Jepson as Frenchie.
I was obsessed with Vanessa Hudgens performance of There Are Worse Things I Could Do looool
YESSS. I remember being so excited for that to premiere bc I loved everyone in the cast (Vanessa Hudgens, Julianne Hough, Carlos Pena, Jordan Fisher, Keke Palmer, and especially loved Jessie J singing Grease is the Word). UA-cam Movies recently made it available to watch for free (with ads) but it’s not free anymore :(
@@stephaniefrost4910Vanessa Hudgens was the only name i recognized from that list (i'm old), and that's only because she is the undisputed queen of crap Christmas movies. 😅
They changed for each other. Danny joined track and lettered in it and Sandy became comfortable with who she is. She can still be a sweetheart with a leather jacket on…
exactly!!! when i saw this movie when i was like twelve, i hated it. i thought she changed for him and that was the message. but they both grew and made changes and compromised because they were willing to work for one another and i think there's something beautiful in that. to say "omg she didn't need to change for a man!!" and to say that the ONLY message of the film is to change for a man is really over-simplifying things lol i'm glad i rewatched it when i got older and could see the other layers. like with ferris bueler. i was like "omg this dumb bad kid is skipping school and being a menace." now i see it as "omg this is a film about a boy who is struggling DEEPLY and his friends spend the entire film reaching out to him in love and support and that's what the film is about." it's fun to go back and rewatch things as you get older and see them with a deeper mindset than before.
I thought I was the only one who noticed! They both changed for each other. That’s why I couldn’t hate the ending the last time I watched this movie.
Hmm I would like to argue that Danny made more than enough mistakes with Sandy, and yet, SHE was always the one who tried to reach out to Danny (as if she was the one in the wrong??). Yeah sure Danny put on the jacket at the end, but his effort was very miniscule compared to Sandy. I mean she picked up smoking LMAO AND he took off the letterman jacket right after she showed up!! I would agree that they BOTH changed for each other IF the movie showed Danny making an equal amount of effort to change. But it seems more one sided to me, and THAT'S what bugged me
@@SophiaPhannn Fair argument, but I'm gonna counter it and say ... just as Frenchy so eloquently stated, "Men are rats, listen to me, they're fleas on rats, worse than that, they're amoebas on fleas on rats." And that's a man!
Teenage boys, 'cause as ridiculous as it is all of these characters are high school age, including Danny. He's a dumb 18-year-old boy. Perhaps, like Sandy, I'm too forgiving of Danny's mistakes. I like to think that he learned from those mistakes and they lived happily ever after.
It's the 50s so they probably got married soon after high school and punched out a few kids before the age of 25. Jinkies!
I can't even say to look up the deleted scenes for the 'fill in the blanks' between the dance and the drive-in cause they do not exist. But I imagine Danny called her the next day, apologised, and then asked her on a date to the drive-in. Sandy being 'Hopelessly Devoted' gave him yet another chance cause young love... A scene like that would be nice, but then the movie would be as long as Titanic, so you're forced to use your imagination to fill in the holes.
P.S. It's hard to dance with a cardigan on! haha
P.S.S. No matter what, it's a great and classic flick and we can all agree on that ONJ stole the show!
Rest in 'Magic', Dame Olivia Newton-John
That's also fair! Tbh I forget that they're supposed to be high school students 😂 teens are meant to make mistakes and learn from them. Who knows, maybe Danny did learn his lesson and changed afterwards, but we'll never know! Just based off of the events in the movie, he sucks though LMAO
I mean, at least Danny attempted to change too with his preppy outfit before Sandy showed up, so that's a minor consolation lmao. I actually forgot how shitty Danny as a character was in this movie
He took it off after she showed up 😭😭😭 like "oh SHE changed? I can go back to being me"
I always tought of it as a sexual liberation amongst teens in adolescense movie. The change, ladies turning "pink" IS the point. I also dont approve of most of the men in film, but i think danny is ok, despite peer pressure which reveals both sandys and dannys real characters by the end of the movie
Already seen the title and absolutely agree! Danny sucks and Sandy was way too good for him!
I didn’t know she’d passed! RIP Olivia, your songs are so good and you’re a great actress and from what I’d seen a good person. You will be missed!
Not gonna lie, I always saw it as Danny was a sweet guy but was overcome with peer pressure from his "cool" friends to come across as this douchey asshole. Plus, it's high school so there's always time to grow.
@@BeeKee404 That's the point. Danny's flaw is that he is too worried about his reputation, and peer pressure is what drives him in his more questionable moments. But he's not a bad guy at heart and he genuinely DOES care about Sandy.
It took me a while to like Grease.
I love the music, but the story still loses me. I know it is the 50s, but hate the misogyny in this film.
As I got older, I loved Rizzo more and more. I loved her loyalty to her friends (meaning before Sandy) and she knew her self-worth.
I do wish some of the healthier relationships were on screen more. They were very minor.
I totally get it, it's really a product of its time. Really have to take it with a grain of salt
"There are worst things I could do" has to be my favourite song from Grease, and for some reason I LOVE so much "Beauty School Dropout" (also Blaine's cover on Glee is really great!)
P.S. Sophia, you always look so stunning 🤧💛
It's my favorite too!!
I laughed way too hard at the enraged "I hope he's not doing well in life"! Danny is just one of those characters that is so hard to watch. He has the decision-making skills of the first victim in a horror movie, but we have to watch him stumble through the whole movie.
If you've seen the Prime series Fallout (so good), i think Maximus might have worse decision-making skills than Danny, at least initially.😅
What a great voice and reaction! Hopelessly devoted really hits me being someone who lost someone that passed away and it just hits the right feels the second I hear the tune. Keep up the great work
About the race: It was clearly meant to be a "duel", that's why he called Danny his "second", a person who was supposed to take over in the event that the duelist was unable to do it himself
And pitting two cars against one another by racing in the aqueduct was kind of an iconic "thing". ⚔️🚘😉
R I.P to Olivia Newton John 🕊️❤️. Grease will always be one of my favorite movies.
i love the pretty lighting effects edited in as sophia sings its so fitting for her pretty voice 😭
They're my go to effects for these scenes hehe
LOL! There used to be an over-the-counter medication for psoriasis and the slogan in their TV commercials was, "Do YOU have heartbreak of psoriasis?". The 50s were before my time, but I think they must have still been using that slogan in the 60s or 70s, because I remember it. Anyway, that's why Frenchie asks Sandy if she has psoriasis since she mentioned heartbreak.
The guardian angel wasn't just any "random ass man"; he was Frankie Avalon who was famous in the 50s for his teen beach movies with Annette Funicello and had several hit records. They cast a lot of stars from the 50s as adults in the movie.
I'm not sure, but I think the dance they were doing when you asked might have been the Jitterbug (though I think it originated in the 40s).
The significance to the waitresses was, first, the white haired waitress is Joan Blondell, an actress who was at her peak in movies in that time, so they probably had to pay her more than most cameos, so they probably wanted to get their money's worth. And second, the thin, dark haired waitress on the left is John's older sister, Ellen Travolta. Plus I think it's kinda sweet that the waitresses know the kids well enough that they're rooting for them.
AHHHHH I LOVE THE BLUE HAIR IN THE BRAIDS SM IT LOOKS SO GOOD
THANK YOU 💙💙
Actually your point about them dressing like the teachers at 17:43. Yes. Teen fashion didn’t become a “thing” until about the late 60s, so 1950s teens dressed pretty similarly to adults. Also I think showing Danny at the end with a cardigan with a big letter R shows that he did stick with a sport and got a varsity letter from it.
During an interview, Didi Conn (Frenchie) said that the smoke only went up on one side of her mouth because she had broken her nose. This was said on "VH-1's I Love the 70's 1978" during the Grease clip
For the dancing competition, I think Danny either:
A) Got so caught up in the competition aspect he didn’t realize Sandy was eliminated, or did realize it but winning had already become his goal
B) Thought being the winner was what would attract Sandy the most even if he won without her, while Sandy was just wanting to have fun and enjoy the moment together
Yeah, I'll go with option B
8:15 holy crap Frenchie looks so much like Nana Visitor here that I just had to look it up. I was like “Major Kira?!” 😂
Danny was willing to change because of his love for Sandy. That was the arch of his character. Sandy wanted monogamy with Danny, but also knew she had to grow up and become an adult, which meant accepting her sexuality.
I’ve always liked this movie. They both changed for the other. Danny kept doing track and lettered in track. He was wearing his letterman jacket at the end. In the end they pretty much met in the middle. The jock that Sandy was with part of the movie was played by Lorenzo Lamas who was a big action star in the 80s and 90s. He went from a clean cut boy to a “bad boy” look.
I don't agree with people who say that Sandy change yourself for Danny in the end but if you pay attention to the lyrics of the song You're the One That I Want they're basically making a deal and Sandy only dresses like that to get his attention to be like hey this is what you're going to be missing out on if you don't treat me right
Thank you. This 👆
summer romance hit me hard last year, i went to california to meet my online friend group and ended up in a relationship with the guy hosting all of us, we're still going strong a year later!
Fun fact: The school dance was one of the most difficult sequences to shoot. It was shot during the summer, in a school gymnasium with no A/C, under super hot stage lights, across the street from a sausage factory. The actor playing Putzie ended up wearing the two Hershey bars he had up his sleeves. While the actor playing Sonny was hospitalized for either heat stroke or heat exhaustion and was out of commission for several days. Also during the race at Thunder Road, the cast had to wrap their feet in plastic wrap due to the stagnant water of the LA River. The only person who forgot was the director who was hospitalized with a viral infection. Also the actress playing Cha-Cha either had or was recovering from pneumonia at the time.
I just noticed that when the Scorpion's car backed into Kenickie's while he and Rizzo are about to do it, Rizzo's leg goes out the back window.
Idk why women think Danny is a cocky jerk, maybe you have to be a guy to pick it up but throughout the movie he's very self conscious and cares far too much for his friends' opinion of him, him acting like a jerk is him pretending to be "cool"
John Travolta was 23 when this movie aired. Sandy's other 'boyfriend' in the movie, played by Lorenzo Lamas, was the youngest at 19.
I remember looking up everyone's ages and they were all way past high school LOOOOL hard to believe that ONJ was 29 here!
@@SophiaPhannn I know right she was ageless!
26:51 I never really thought too much about this reprise until I saw Jojo Siwa & Jenna Johnson do a Foxtrot performance to it on Dancing with the Stars last year. The emotions they gave the characters as they danced made me really appreciate this part in the film/musical. This moment was actually a very beautiful climax of Sandy & Frenchie's friendship. It's not flashy and hyped up like the ending where Sandy & Danny make their relationship official...it's a quietly powerful show of non-judgmental and supportive friendship. I think they'll be friends for decades; long after Sandy inevitably gets sick of Danny's immaturity.
I am still annoyed that it signifies Sandy basically deciding to change to meet Danny almost the entire way instead of him committing to meeting her in the middle, tho. Frankly, if he fell for her as she is at the start of the movie; it was unnecessary for her to "change" anyway. HE was the one presenting false and misleading images of his personality and vibes over summer. Imo, the onus was on him for any changing just becuase Sandy never misled him on who she was when he fell for her; unlike him.
He may have been less guarded and more genuine when away from his friends over the summer, so maybe not all of that summer romance was deceptive. But it's clear he still prioritizes how he appears to his friends over being mature enough to be open and genuine with her. He was SO CLOSE. It's disappointing that he immediately reverted when he saw her makeover. He could have easily appreciated her efforts and still stuck with his..... Anyway, she changed her vibes for the sake of his aesthetic, and he had temporary experience with change, when you get down to it. I wouldn't care so much if it was more for herself than mostly for the sake of "keeping" him.
I think the “Grease Live!” with Julianne Hough, Aaron Tveit, & Vanessa Hudgens is a lot better because the actors look a tad more realistically their age (everyone looks SO old in this movie except for Olivia) & they mess with the ending to make it a bit less of her just changing for him. Also Carly Rae Jepsen plays Frenchie amazingly in it.
A better more fun & silly musical with Olivia Newton John is “Xanadu.” Yes it’s decisive, but I think it’s amazing in its disco-ness. It’s also not adults pretending to be teenagers. 😹
Isn’t that funny considering Olivia was one of the oldest. She always looked younger than her age.
This movie was definitely one of my favorites growing up! Just such a good, entertaining movie. RIP ONJ❤️
I didn't see it as Sandy changing for Danny. I saw it as for while, she felt unsure about herself feeling like a bit of an outsider among their group of friends and wanted to show there was more to her than the sweet, wholesome good girl everybody saw her as. I think by transforming into the greaser girl, she got a chance to show another facet to herself, expressing her sexy side and inner bad girl that she probably had deeply rooted in her all along. That is confirmed in the reprise of the Sandra Dee song. Plus, during their song "You're the One That I Want" she is the one that is sort of calling the shots, insisting that he shape up, get his act together and change some of his immature ways, because she wants a man not a boy and basically, she has standards. Danny is aware of all of this and agrees he needs to get himself in order if he wants another chance with her. Lasty, I believe Danny taking off his letterman jacket shows that he will never be a preppy jock just like Sandy taking off her greaser jacket and then not knowing what to do with her cigarette at first shows she will never really be a greaser girl.
The guy singing Beauty School Drop-out was Frankie Avalon who was a big star at the time and did songs for the film.
This movie came from a stage show.
They both changed for each other, also I think her change was a good one. I hope she was more able to stand up for herself
Yeah I think the big flaw of the movie was not showing how both of them were not being true to themselves. Like show more how Sandy finds the popular crew to be bland and how she admires the pink ladies but can’t really hangout with them to much bc of her parents or something. Then Danny can be shown making friends on the track team and dismantling his notions of toxic masculinity.
You should also see Zanadu!
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It’s probably Olivia Newton John’s next most well-known movie. Plus, it’s Gene Kelly’s last movie, and it’s the first movie to have a Don Bluth animated sequence after his departure from Disney!
That "random ass man" was Frankie Avalon. He was a famous actor/singer from the 1950's/1960's
That style of dance is called Lindy Hop. Look up the dance scene from Hellzapoppin' it's one of the first times that style of dance was in film
To the comment about changing for a person, "summer Danny" and "school Danny" are symbolism for the diversity of human expression vs expectations. In life we have our work, personal, and interpersonal selves. No everyone we meet or know has access to the fully scope of an individual's expression. For Danny, it's balancing the parts of himself that mean the most to him. From the motor club to T-birds to Sandy, they all have difference expectation of a person and for a "kid" in school, it's highly relatable. Sandy, not only express similar dynamic but the social plight of an immigrant trying to find balance in a foreign country that not only aligns with her nature but her desires expression. Sandy is kind even to those who would belittle her but she accepts that part of herself. She not tries to be with the "simple jock" as expectation of the perfect pair but that too didn't resonate with her because Danny. He was her "perfect" match, the sweet summer lover and the school bad boy who kept himself guarded. He's loyal to the people he cares about and tries to find a place in his life for all of them. That's why Sandy dressed up as the Bad girl, She didn't change because it was still her. It's how she wanted Danny to see more of her personality, she's soft and kind but tough. She too is dedicated to him and wants him to match his effort. She literally has everyone drooling over her but tells Danny, you're the only one I want and willing to put herself fully out there for that. Danny never once asked Sandy to change how she dressed, thought or behaved. It's because Danny loved her regardless. Sandy did imply Danny has to change but in a reasonable fashion... Don't be afraid to show the world that you care about me. That's all they wanted from each other, it wasn't a battle of how they have to express themselves. They were already complicating that part all on their own. They felt inadequate because of the social expectation of their peers. Sandy changed to be Pink Lady worthy, a standard Danny never set for her and if anything try to keep Sandy away from them. Also, the look Rizzo and Danny shared at the bonfire was because Rizzo got her revenge on Danny. Danny and her have a past and for some reason not explained, it didn't work out. Rizzo was hurt by this and constantly trying to have Danny "realize what he missed out on." She didn't realize it was just incompatibility not anything wrong with her or him. That's why there's that tension in the diner and why she was so happy to see Danny and Sandy have that moment. She wanted to expose Danny as a fake sweetheart good guy especially since Sandy is "too pure." It was a misery loves company type of moment for her that with time she learned that Danny isn't fake. That's a part of his expectation and the part that's a sweetheart is real and alive for Sandy. That Sandy wasn't just sheltered and could become Jaded like her but Sandy is a truly kind and caring person despite how people treated her because that's true to her nature. That's why and how they settled everything within the group and accepted Danny and Sandy are a great pairing because they genuinely care about each other. Rizzo and Kenickie are better suited because of their same style of tough "i can't cry in front of you" /" you're my best friend and I can't hug you but I want to" type personalities. volatile tempers. That's why Rizzo help Sandy with the "cig" toss to "be cool" but Danny only wanted Sandy long before Sandy even decided to "change." People don't change their nature or true self expression, they only change their behaviors. Sandy and Danny are still themselves but only changed how the rest of the world could see them, the fuller scope of their personality.
I totally disagree with her changing being a bad thing! Danny tried to be a jock for her but it didn't make sense, his friends didn't understand it and it wasn't who he was - Sandy, on the other hand had become close with the 'bad' girls and never got along too well with the cheerleaders in the first place, she decided to just go all in and be in the friend group. She just decided she wanted to have fun instead, I think.
Stockard Channing who played Rizzo was the narrator for the Ramona Quimby books. 😄😁
Typical Gen Z review. They don't understand old classics like this, and the singing was unforgivable.
Your zoom-in on Rizzo tearing up that card, going "oOhHHhhh" sent me 💀(why did I never notice that before?? I've seen this several times during childhood and HS?!?)
The” I don’t like crying in front of people I care about 😳not that I don’t care about you guys…” 😭
Changing your style of clothing for someone is not the same as changing your values. Also Danny was willing to change to fit into Sandy's circle and she was willing to do the same for him and I think that's ok. I'd like to think they both stayed through to themselves in the end though but that was just a fun little compromise because they really were at the end of the day from two different worlds.
The waitress on the left is John's sister. The little blonde waitress (the one who has the scene with Frenchie "your hair looks like an easter egg") is Joan Blondell, a major star from the early 1930s in what I believe is her final role.
GIRL POP OFF 👏🏻👏🏻 You hav such a good voice
Thank you 🥺💙
I saw this in the theater when I was 11 and instantly had a crush on ONJ. ❤
Lol, the random man singing in the beauty school dropout number was actually like a teen heartthrob at the time, just imagine it like a backstreet boy or a Justin Bieber cameo.
omg Sophia your voice is beautiful!! I got chills when you sang hopelessly devoted
Grease is the reason I fell in love with musicals, I love that movie so much. Thank you for the review. 💖💙💝
Olivia passing hurts me in so many ways I adored her for months before passing and I never even got to meet her like I dreamed but I love her.
Yes one of the waitresses is John’s sister.
Isn’t it crazy how when the man changes for the woman it’s commended but when the woman changes for the man it’s shamed, let’s all accept one another’s personalities but never crappy behaviour
Hahahaha I always thought it was "the chicks will scream" Sweet little innocent me!!😂
Saw the grease movie party then HAD to see the sing along in remembrance of sandy , can't get enough of this movie !!
I love this movie. RIP Olivia Newton John. I have seen a stage show of this movie. It was fun.
“You’re telling me John Travolta is a high school student?”
YOURE TELLING ME OLIVIA IS A HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT?? She was older than John!
I'm glad I'm not the only one that thought they did Rizzo dirty with the animated part lol
i don’t normally comment but i just have to say your voice leaves me in awe EVERY. TIME. it’s absolutely gorgeous
😭😭😭 you're too sweet, thank you 💙💙
That shot of Sandy waving as the car goes off into the sky is gonna be used in the Oscars 'In Memoriam', ain't it?
They might not for being too on the nose, but I think that would be beautiful if edited together well!
My first time to your channel....and damn girl you can sing !!! OJN is just amazing, what a performer and wonderful woman she was. Loved your reaction, and look forward to seeing more.
That random man singing beauty School dropout is the legendary singer Frankie Avalon. I am 51 years old and he's even before my generation but he was very big in the late fifties into the 60s.
I love your hair 💗💗💗
Also Grease is one of my all time fave films
Gurl your voice is amazing!!!! I love this movie even though realistically the people in it are hella messy but this movie was my Nina’s favorite movie and this automatically reminds me of her! Rip!!
Loveddddd Olivia ❤❤❤❤ as flawed as you may find this film i would not change a thing!! part of my teen yrs i loveeeeee it!!
/Btw you could have paid homage to Olivia by listening to one of her many iconic hits. She was more then just Sandy.
All these years my mind tried to block out the fact that Danny essentially tried to force himself on Sandy. That alone make his character irredeemable in my eyes.
Then he's like quite a number of men
yeah
@Mewmew but it doesn't seem that way. It really does just seem like assault. But like you said a different time, different feelings on the matter. What do I know?
@Mewmew it was a different time but he literally aggressively attempted to force himself onto her, it was never hinted or implied that she wanted to say yes. she was trying to enjoy the movie
I asked my grandma about this scene. She acknowledged my feelings but she mentioned that a lot of guys were like that, under the impression that they could persuade a woman if they were persistent. She says that it was something she experienced herself and it was seen more as playful than as assault. She told me that she's glad consent is taken more seriously now but she's not surprised that a movie set in this time portrays him that way. Then she made a dirty joke about some of the men she dated and I wanted to puke.
If you haven’t seen it I would recommend watching Grease Live. I was so impressed by the way they did all the scenes live on tv, and the singing and dancing is amazing. Would highly recommend!
18:19 it’s called swing dancing! There’s also a little bit of Lindy Hop in the movie
& I’m so sorry you had such a negative first experience doing it 😂 it looks so fun!
OKAY I thought it was swing dancing, but I wasn't too sure. I've been swing dancing a few times afterwards, so I don't have anything negative against it. I'm just bitter at that guy hahaha 😂
I watched this so often as a kid that my parents had to hide the tape away just so they didn't have the hear the songs again 😂
I cannot believe I seen this movie like a billion times and never the notice that Rizzo changed outfits between the Sandra Dee song and leaving the sleepover
“ Sandy men are rats I mean they’re too low for even the dogs to bite “ ahh I love that line 😭😂😩 but why did Danny compliment Rizzo then insult afterwards wth lol
Iconic movie, iconic songs ♥♥
I love Grease! I always called it the original High School Musical. 😆
Now, as a counterpoint to this movie, you have to watch Crybaby. It's basically the exact opposite of Grease. While Grease pretends to hold onto this image of innocence, it's actually pretty raunchy. With Crybaby, it makes out like it's this tale of debauchery and woe, when it's actually pretty sweet and innocent, all things considered.
And it has Traci Lords. I'm always fascinated when someone from the adult film industry makes the crossover into mainstream media.
The expression you made 21:52 when sandy said she knows Danny respects her 😂
And then Danny's face when she says that, like: "Oh boy, I am so f***ed" 🤣🤣
The way I see it, Sandy isn't really the way she wants to be. She's been raised strictly so she doesn't really have an opportunity to discover her own self. Danny didn't tell her that she has to change, it was at her own will. She's in a phase that she will explore now to try and search for her true self. We have id, ego, and superego. In Sandy's case, she have so much of that superego and when we have so much superego it could keep us away from the things that might probably make us happy. It's like we are a prisoner. On the other hand, Danny have so much id and having too much id can lead to self destruction and can hurt the people around him. At the end, they both found a way to balance those things out. My only problem with this movie is the SA part