Grease Essays

School this fall is presenting “Grease”. The production features Maurice Power as Danny and Flannery Jewell and junior Callie Swaim-Fox as Sandy. Performances will go through November 5- November 8 from 7:00pm. Tickets are $6 and $10, cash or money order only made payable to Heights High School. Tickets can be purchased at the school's main office from 10 a.m. until noon, Monday through Friday. Or you can purchase tickets from any student in the production. Grease is a musical about teens in love

The film Grease (1978), is a musical comedy directed by Randal Kleiser. This film starred John Travolta, Olivia Newton-John, Stockard Channing, Jeff, Conaway, and Didi Con. The plot revolves around a group of teenagers returning to school for their senior year in 1958. The group consists of two gangs: the boys are the T-birds, and the girls are the Pink Ladies. The leader of the T-birds is Danny Zuko, and over the summer, he meets a girl from Australia named Sandy Olsson. Due to a change in plans

The well known phrases ¨grease is the word¨, and ¨what team? Wildcats¨ emerged decades apart, yet from almost the same movie. With a twenty eight year age gap between the movies Grease and High School Musical, there were bound to be some differences in the way the characters handled their problems. The leading characters, also called protagonists, Sandra Dee with Danny Zuko and Gabriella Montez with Troy Bolton are influenced by their respective time periods and how women are . Set in the 1950’s;

Teachers Take A Trip Down Memory Lane Paramount Pictures motion picture film, Grease came out in 1978, and was a huge sensation for teens and young adults in the 1970’s. And now, Branham’s faculty is bringing back “old school” in Branham High School’s Faculty Musical, Grease. Although this romantic comedy musical with professional actors such as John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John, Branham High School’s depiction of the smashing hit film with our faculty certainly proved itself to be the amusing

Sandy Olsson exchanging her goodbyes with her summer love, Danny Zuko. The opening scene of Grease may seem [depressing] but it sets up for one of the most interesting love stories put to film. Grease is a movie with great musical numbers accompanied with wonderfully executed dance routines and an unforgettable plot. Although there are questionable incidents throughout, it will always be classic. Grease is a romantic-comedy-musical, set in the 50’s, telling the story of two summer sweethearts who

films of the year. This movie was titled Grease. Grease is a musical movie about Summer love, loss, and change. There are greasers, girls, cars, and a whole lot of singing. Have you ever really looked into a few of the songs performed in the movie? Hidden meanings and overlooked lyrics may surprise you. The movie had a poor romance plot, offensive jokes, and sexism, but that’s okay, it’s a love story and everything turns out wonderful in the end.. Right? Grease was released on June 16, 1978. It was

No matter how different we are on the outside, we are all the same on the inside. The social interactions of the movie Grease 1978, are some that have been happening for decades, and still to this day exist. These kids take what society tells them, which is that people from different walks of life should stay within their social status, and stay with their own kind. The movie Grease is one of the all-time favorite movies among several age groups (Moviefone). This movie shows that no matter where you

When you think of a hero you think of Batman,Superman,and Spiderman, but a hero is someone who has helped you or helps you succeed on what you want to do with your life. The someone that you pick will be with you your whole life and help you through the roughest times in life and help you through your deepest holes. My Michigan Hero is my Dad, my dad has been there for me for 13 years now and he loves me he will help me succeed in whatever I like to do he makes me try hard and to not quit. He has

other stereotypical groups of people separating themselves from the others. Now picture high school in the 1950’s, when blacks and whites were separated by schools because one race seemed to overpower the other, which can be demonstrated by the movie Grease. Randal Kleiser, the director, chose to have an all-white cast to portray a 1950’s setting. Many viewers are aware that this movie features racial segregation but it was the “norm” until about 1957, when segregation started to disappear. Because it

Grease, a very well-known and largely popular musical with John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John as the main characters. It’s a Romance about how Danny (John) and Sandy (Olivia) meet over the summer and fall in love, but when summer is over they find out they go to the same school and are in very different social cliques. The rest of the movie is how Sandy changes herself to stay with Danny. While it is a very popular movie, it also has many issues in how it portrays stereotypes of gender and sexualization

sorts of things in order to get factual information about the time period that the play, Grease, took place in. We all had to research the time period of the late 1950’s to find inspiration for all parts of the play. I, personally, focused more on costumes in this project. I conducted research about what high school students wore in the late 1950’s. Because I have seen both the Broadway play and movie for Grease, it was hard for me not to just get my inspiration from those, but after looking at the

The major motion picture Grease became the highest grossing on screen musical of the 20th century; and still, now during the 21st century, it continues its legacy as one of the most widely known and loved movies of all time. Almost everyone you meet can tell you they have at the very least seen scenes or heard songs from the famous production. Many of the leading cast members were not going to be in the movie when at first the roles were offered to different actors, including the role of Danny Zuko

In the movie, Grease, the characters are in their senior year at Rydell High. These adolescents are starting to encounter the confusion of developing their true identity, and breaking away from the peer pressures and conformity found in most schools. Theses adolescents in the hand- jiving 50’s are emerging themselves from their irresponsible teen years and progressing into adulthood. These kids at heart do not want to let go of their freedoms of being in high school and participate in risky behavior

Let’s take a look at the film Grease by Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey. This film is a musical revolving around the lives of teenagers in love. It’s set in the 50’s and follows the life of high school seniors at they each find love, and struggle to find their true selves in the process. In this film, the major dramatic question would be, are Sandy and Danny going to find themselves in order to be with each other, regardless of what their friends think? Now as the film progress we can see the characters

The movie Grease has many great elements that assisted its success. Grease is a teen movie focused on the love story between Danny and Sandy. During the course of the movie Sandy and Danny experience a rough relationship. Danny has a hard time dealing with his friends and his new relationship. Sandy on the other hand goes through a more significant journey. She deals with not fitting in with Danny’s friend because they are so different from her, so to make herself fit in with his friends she makes

For the Cypress College show “Grease,” it says in the pamphlet that the setting takes place at Rydell High, 1959, USA. As I watched the show, I could sense that the setting took place in California during the 50’s because of the style portrayed. When I say style, I mean not only the style of clothes, but also the talking style and lifestyle in general. A outfit that stuck with me was Rizzo’s outfit when she was wearing high waisted black shorts and a red button up top that was tied in the front.

ear has been relevant in today’s media from television to art to celebrity cameos and so on. ‘Grease’ is an iconic musical that is commonly known today for its pink ladies, high school drama, and full mid-calf skirts while making its original premier in 1978 but as of 2016 ‘Grease Live’ was made to revamp the original with more modern television quality and entertain a live audience. ‘Grease Live’ and ‘Grease’ were made to represent the simple 1950’s era and strut the classic fashion of the time period

The novel “The Outsiders”, is about two gangs, the Socs and the Greases. The members of each gang show that they’re unified. The characters in the novel are united by living in the same neighbourhood and being in the same gang. The appearance and language unites the characters, they look the same and talk a lot like each other. Violence in the novel is very common, this unites the characters, by fighting together this shows that they will always be there for each other. In the novel they are united

Sandy has a sleep over with the pink girls and Rizzo makes fun of sandy and it hurt her feelings. All the guys helped fix the old car that helped them a lot and made it look brand new and amazing and they surprised Mrs. Mardon and the car was called "Grease Lighting." Kenicki was hit by the car door when grabbing a penny off the ground on and he couldn't race, so Danny being the brave and

When most people think of the term “grease”, they think of the thick, oily substance used in cooking or on cars. The dictionary definition of this term is completely different to what comes to my mind when I hear this word. This word instantly generates memories and scenes of my childhood. To me, “grease” is the title of one of the best movies ever produced. Growing up, I would watch this film almost every day. Grease is a 1978 musical about a group of seniors at Rydell High School. It is about the