Grease 2....
Yes, I saw this massive movie mistake in the theaters. And why wouldn't I? The original Grease had come out in 1978 and was a huge success. Great songs, great cast, great dancing. While Sandy and Danny were cruisin' back in 1958, this new story would rev into 1961....lets see if it was even worth it...
Released in 1982, it was supposed to be a slam dunk. The film came out in the same month as E.T., Star Trek II, Rocky III and Poltergeist...it was doomed. But they tried..
You had a new bunch a T-Birds...
And some new Pink Ladies....
...but Sandy and Danny were replaced by Stephanie and Michael...
...He's Sandy's cousin from England and she's the leader of the Pink Ladies.....honestly, the plot isn't important in this film, except to say he loves her (and he's "ordinary"), she loves a vision of a cool motorcycle rider (SPOILER ALERT*** It's him) and in the end they get together. But this film (like the previous Grease) are not about plot as much as they are about singing and dancing. So what does Grease 2 have to offer?
They had the dancing covered when they hired the original Grease choreographer to be the director. And they had a cast that could sing. And what do they sing about? They sing about bowling...as a metaphor for sex. They sing about surviving a nuclear blast...as a way to trick your girlfriend into having sex. The sing about going to the grocery store....as a place to find sex. They even sing about sex....from the perspective of pollinating plants!!! I'm serious...watch it below.
Its bad and I want my $5 back.
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