GaimanitePkat t1_j10vwip wrote on December 20, 2022 at 9:20 PM

Reply to comment by Darcsen in Rydell High is back in a first look at 'Grease: Rise of the Pink Ladies' by galaxystars1

I mean, according to this article, one of Rise of the Pink Ladies' creators apparently thinks that the theme of Grease was "defy gender stereotypes!" So the actual point of the source material seems to be entirely irrelevant to what's going to be produced.

Darcsen t1_j115f03 wrote on December 20, 2022 at 10:24 PM

> It's funny to then have been working on Grease and see how the culture of the 1970s affected the way they told the story of Grease. Grease is about breaking out of the expectations of your gender role, both for Sandy and Danny. That's a very '70s story.

Is that the line you were referencing? I don't completely agree with it, but it doesn't seem as outlandish as your claim given context.

GaimanitePkat t1_j1161du wrote on December 20, 2022 at 10:28 PM

Grease has next to nothing to do with "gender roles". Sandy's makeover is still feminine, just sexual, and Danny's transformation is.... doing sports. Ah, the very non-male thing to do, sports!

Darcsen t1_j118gkm wrote on December 20, 2022 at 10:45 PM

That's why I said I don't completely agree. Danny doesn't really break out of the expectations of his gender role, just takes up different aspects of it. Sandy, however, by being more outwardly sexual is breaking out of the expectations of a 50's feminine gender role.

It was by no means the focus of the movie, and if anything, Rizzo was the most defiant of her expectations, which is probably why the line is buried so far into the article. It didn't even register it until I doubled back.