Grease: Live

Scooter · Post by **Scooter** » Mon Feb 01, 2016 12:11 am

Is on now (7-10PM EST) on Fox

Scooter · Post by **Scooter** » Mon Feb 01, 2016 12:32 am

Fucking arse, it's unwatchable.

MajGenl.Meade · Post by **MajGenl.Meade** » Mon Feb 01, 2016 2:20 am

I tend to agree

Big RR · Post by **Big RR** » Mon Feb 01, 2016 2:04 pm

I do as well, but then I think that of any production of that play. I saw it when it was first on Broadway and never understood the popularity.

Scooter · Post by **Scooter** » Mon Feb 01, 2016 2:50 pm

I did enjoy it when I saw it on screen and on stage. And I'm not one of those who can't imagine anyone but John Travolta and Olivia Newton John in it. But this just fell so flat, and you couldn't even hear the lyrics well when there were soloists singing against the whole cast, because their mics not being adjusted for it. I gave up after less than a half hour.

MajGenl.Meade · Post by **MajGenl.Meade** » Mon Feb 01, 2016 3:30 pm

Big RR wrote:I do as well, but then I think that of any production of that play. I saw it when it was first on Broadway and never understood the popularity.

Well, I was agreeing that the first two words are unwatchable

BoSoxGal · Post by **BoSoxGal** » Mon Feb 01, 2016 3:43 pm

Watched the whole thing with my 6 year old niece; it wasn't great but it wasn't awful either.

Nothing beats the original film and that ensemble of talent, though.

oldr_n_wsr · Post by **oldr_n_wsr** » Mon Feb 01, 2016 4:50 pm

Didn't watch it.
But you knew that already.

Gob · Post by **Gob** » Mon Feb 01, 2016 8:01 pm

I love the premise of the story; "sweet innocent girl gets guy by dressing like a slut."

Big RR · Post by **Big RR** » Mon Feb 01, 2016 8:32 pm

Scooter--since you saw the play as well, was this production more like the play or the film. As I recall, the original play (on Broadway in the 70s) was a bit grittier than the film, with a lot of smoking, drinking, and cursing (Do a split, give a yell, shake a tit for old Rydell), and even a rumble a la jets and sharks. As I said, I was not a big fan of the play, but the movie appeared to be more of a Disney/Happy Days version. If I'm not mistaken, after the film there was also a revival which I imagine was a lot more like the film, and since this was TV I was betting this would be the same.

Meade--

Fafhrd · Post by **Fafhrd** » Tue Feb 02, 2016 5:11 pm

We' have now seen four of these one time live performances on TV of Broadway shows. I am sure we may see more of them as time goes on. Comparing them to movies is a little bit unfair; they are reconstructions of Broadway musicals, not of motion pictures.

Personally, I very much enjoyed "The Sound of Music"; less so "Peter Pan" and "The Wiz". I didn't watch "Grease".

Scooter · Post by **Scooter** » Tue Feb 02, 2016 5:16 pm

BigRR, the 20 minutes or so that I could sit through did seem more Happy Days to me. Now that you made me think about it in that way, there was a syrupy quality to it that probably helped turn me off.

Big RR · Post by **Big RR** » Tue Feb 02, 2016 5:37 pm

My daughters watched Grease and said there is going to be a live Passion Play on Fox around Easter time, set in the streets of New Orleans. I imagine it is an updated one, not the one on Oberemergau, but who knows?

Scooter--I wouldn't be surprised.

MajGenl.Meade · Post by **MajGenl.Meade** » Tue Feb 02, 2016 6:47 pm

My thoughtful and careful analysis of "Grease" (whether movie or the recent live thing) was: "That'll be crap". So I didn't bother with either one. Vindicated again.

I do hope the Passion Play Big RR refers to is updated from the one on Gethsemane.

Big RR · Post by **Big RR** » Tue Feb 02, 2016 7:48 pm

Here's a link Meade:

http://www.nola.com/tv/index.ssf/2015/1 ... y_fox.html

Jarlaxle · Post by **Jarlaxle** » Fri Feb 05, 2016 2:00 am

Big RR wrote:Scooter--since you saw the play as well, was this production more like the play or the film. As I recall, the original play (on Broadway in the 70s) was a bit grittier than the film, with a lot of smoking, drinking, and cursing (Do a split, give a yell, shake a tit for old Rydell), and even a rumble a la jets and sharks. As I said, I was not a big fan of the play, but the movie appeared to be more of a Disney/Happy Days version. If I'm not mistaken, after the film there was also a revival which I imagine was a lot more like the film, and since this was TV I was betting this would be the same.

Meade--

If it was on broadcast TV, it COULDN'T be much like the Broadway version. Hell...just one SONG (that was actually cleaned up for the movie) should have gotten it an R rating!

Bicycle Bill · Post by **Bicycle Bill** » Fri Feb 05, 2016 2:33 am

Jarlaxle wrote:
Big RR wrote:Scooter--since you saw the play as well, was this production more like the play or the film. As I recall, the original play (on Broadway in the 70s) was a bit grittier than the film, with a lot of smoking, drinking, and cursing (Do a split, give a yell, shake a tit for old Rydell), and even a rumble a la jets and sharks. As I said, I was not a big fan of the play, but the movie appeared to be more of a Disney/Happy Days version. If I'm not mistaken, after the film there was also a revival which I imagine was a lot more like the film, and since this was TV I was betting this would be the same.

Meade--
If it was on broadcast TV, it COULDN'T be much like the Broadway version. Hell...just one SONG (that was actually cleaned up for the movie) should have gotten it an R rating!

I take it you're referring to some of the original lines in the song "Greased Lightning". I'm surprised they felt the need to edit it also. Back in the 1970s when the movie was made? Sure, I understand.
But I thought that today, pretty much anything goes.

Ah well, I'll still sing it with the original lyrics at karaoke.... as well as make my one-word change to "Summer Nights":

(her)  It turned colder; that's where it ends.....
(him)  So I told her we'd still be friends....
(her)  Then we made our true love vow....
(him)  Wonder w̷h̷a̷t̷  who she's doing now?

-"BB"-

MajGenl.Meade · Post by **MajGenl.Meade** » Fri Feb 05, 2016 2:56 am

"That'll be crap"

Jarlaxle · Post by **Jarlaxle** » Fri Feb 05, 2016 11:26 pm

Bicycle Bill wrote:
Jarlaxle wrote:
Big RR wrote:Scooter--since you saw the play as well, was this production more like the play or the film. As I recall, the original play (on Broadway in the 70s) was a bit grittier than the film, with a lot of smoking, drinking, and cursing (Do a split, give a yell, shake a tit for old Rydell), and even a rumble a la jets and sharks. As I said, I was not a big fan of the play, but the movie appeared to be more of a Disney/Happy Days version. If I'm not mistaken, after the film there was also a revival which I imagine was a lot more like the film, and since this was TV I was betting this would be the same.

Meade--
If it was on broadcast TV, it COULDN'T be much like the Broadway version. Hell...just one SONG (that was actually cleaned up for the movie) should have gotten it an R rating!
I take it you're referring to some of the original lines in the song "Greased Lightning". I'm surprised they felt the need to edit it also. Back in the 1970s when the movie was made? Sure, I understand.
But I thought that today, pretty much anything goes.

The original version (even the movie version) could not be played on broadcast TV even now.

Lines that would give the FCC a conniption include,

You know that ain't no shit, we'll be getting lots of tit

You are supreme, the chicks'll cream for Greased Lightning

With new pistons, plugs, and shocks I can get off my rocks
You know that I ain't bragging, she's a real pussy wagon

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