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Go Greased Lightning!: The Amazing Authenticity of Grease

Go Greased Lightning!: The Amazing Authenticity of Grease

Miller, Scott

Paperback

Broadway & Musicals

ISBN13: 9798847080910
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Aug 17 2022
Pages: 142
Weight: 0.44
Height: 0.30 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
One of the most successful, most iconic, most influential musicals of all time is so much cooler than you think it is!

Most people underestimate the intelligence and authenticity of Grease, even those who love the show. So it's time to set the record straight. Originally a rowdy, rebellious, vulgar, and insightful piece of alternative theatre, written by two guys who lived it, Grease was inspired by the rule-busting success of Hair, rejecting the happy trappings of other Broadway musicals for a more authentic, more visceral, more radical theatre experience. It's an authentic snapshot of our country's tumultuous crossing over from the 1950s to the 1960s, throwing over repression and tradition for freedom and adventure and cultural chaos, a moment when the styles and culture of the disengaged and disenfranchised became overpowering symbols of teenage power and independence.

But even the show's biggest fans can misunderstand it, for example, accepting the widespread belief that Sandy becomes a slut to win Danny at the end of Grease, even though the opposite is true. Sandy rejects the cultural oppression of the Fifties, and for the first time, she claims her own body, her curves, her sexuality. Though it might not be obvious, Sandy is the protagonist of Grease, and the story ends not with her submission, but with her newfound freedom and self-possession, with strength.

Take another deep dive with musical theatre scholar and historian Scott Miller, to see how Grease was created, what makes it tick, what we can learn from it, how it's changed over time, and so much more. Haven't you ever wondered...

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