Comments on: Denver : Grease, the musical, redux http://www.bookwormroom.com/2008/08/26/denver-grease-the-musical-redux/ Conservatives deal with facts and reach conclusions; liberals have conclusions and sell them as facts. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 06:19:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: InPlainSight http://www.bookwormroom.com/2008/08/26/denver-grease-the-musical-redux/comment-page-1/#comment-27693 InPlainSight Wed, 27 Aug 2008 23:27:41 +0000 http://www.bookwormroom.com/?p=3510#comment-27693 HaHa: Bookworm, Your experience with Grease brings me back. When my daughter was still in single-digits (10 years ago) we subcribed to the otherwise harmless American Girl Magazine. One month the mag ran a little article listing suggestions for activities at slumber parties. One fun thing to do would be to watch the movie Grease-- and lip-linc along with the lyrics! The paragraph ended with the exclaimation 'Greased Lightin'!' Now, my daughter and all her friends owned and adored the movie, but the sleeze went way over their innocent little heads. But as lax as my parenting skills were, I didn't encourage the kids to actually learn those lyrics--especially Greased Lightning! I wrote a polite letter to the magazine, suggesting that perhaps their staff had not viewed the film recently, or did not know the lyrics themselves, for if they did they would not suggest their pre-teen readership engage in such an inappropriate exercise. I snail-mailed (it was long ago) the letter and sat back to wait for a reply from the magazine, which I thought would begin, 'Gee, were our faces red when we took another look at Grease!' But as you probably know, I got a stupid form letter, thanking me for me input, period. HaHa: Bookworm, Your experience with Grease brings me back. When my daughter was still in single-digits (10 years ago) we subcribed to the otherwise harmless American Girl Magazine. One month the mag ran a little article listing suggestions for activities at slumber parties. One fun thing to do would be to watch the movie Grease– and lip-linc along with the lyrics! The paragraph ended with the exclaimation ‘Greased Lightin’!’
Now, my daughter and all her friends owned and adored the movie, but the sleeze went way over their innocent little heads. But as lax as my parenting skills were, I didn’t encourage the kids to actually learn those lyrics–especially Greased Lightning!
I wrote a polite letter to the magazine, suggesting that perhaps their staff had not viewed the film recently, or did not know the lyrics themselves, for if they did they would not suggest their pre-teen readership engage in such an inappropriate exercise.
I snail-mailed (it was long ago) the letter and sat back to wait for a reply from the magazine, which I thought would begin, ‘Gee, were our faces red when we took another look at Grease!’ But as you probably know, I got a stupid form letter, thanking me for me input, period.

]]> By: David Foster http://www.bookwormroom.com/2008/08/26/denver-grease-the-musical-redux/comment-page-1/#comment-27658 David Foster Wed, 27 Aug 2008 12:50:07 +0000 http://www.bookwormroom.com/?p=3510#comment-27658 I haven't seen "Grease," but the convention does remind me of some lines from Gilbert & Sullivan's "The Mikado," namely: Sent to hear sermons from mystical Germans Who preach from ten till four I haven’t seen “Grease,” but the convention does remind me of some lines from Gilbert & Sullivan’s “The Mikado,” namely:

Sent to hear sermons from mystical Germans
Who preach from ten till four

]]> By: rockdalian http://www.bookwormroom.com/2008/08/26/denver-grease-the-musical-redux/comment-page-1/#comment-27629 rockdalian Wed, 27 Aug 2008 01:53:55 +0000 http://www.bookwormroom.com/?p=3510#comment-27629 I was also shocked when I watched Grease at an older age. No, we won't go there. Anyway, what was so surprising to me was how much of the movie simply went over my head. I always remember this line from Against The Wind by Bob Seger. "I wish I didn't know now what I didn't know then." http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bi79wy97Wug&feature=related I was also shocked when I watched Grease at an older age. No, we won’t go there.
Anyway, what was so surprising to me was how much of the movie simply went over my head.
I always remember this line from Against The Wind by Bob Seger.
“I wish I didn’t know now what I didn’t know then.”

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