Grease Live! (2016)
In terms of the music, there’s no contest. The songs in this TV stage adaptation range from okay to atrocious, and the opening theme is unfortunately the worst by far. But “Grease Live!” makes up for that by doing so much more with the characters and story than the film version does.
The entire cast is great, giving their own spins on the characters. My only complaint is that the T-Birds are hard to tell apart at times, due to all having such similar hair and coats in this version.
In this version, Sandy has ultra-controlling parents. Thus, her bad-girl makeover at the end comes off more like her own choice, rather than giving into peer pressure. Danny is also considerably more likable, bar his big lie at the beach, which gives Sandy more of a reason to be upset when they reunite at Rydell.
THAT FRIGGIN DINER !
Cameo!
Marty is arguably the biggest improvement in this version. In the 1978 version I found her to be the least interesting or memorable character. Keke Palmer gives Marty her own swag. Though she also has the unfair advantage of getting to sing Marty’s one solo “Freddie My Love,�� deleted from the movie version.
Vanessa Hudgens’ father died the night before “Grease Live” premiered--live--on TV. But she performed phenomenally as Rizzo.
Eugene plays a more significant role in this version, not the least of which contributes to making Danny more likable than in the movie.
If you’re a Rizzo/Kenickie fan, this version is definitely worth checking out. She comes to Thunder Road, this time.
“Beauty School Dropout,” sadly, is another point against this version. Not the least because you can barely hear the singers!
Just a funny pause. Caption at your leisure.
I love how this version ties Kenickie’s head-injury into his plotline with Rizzo. And I also love the face of that one guy on the right (Sonny I think?)
Danny’s reaction to Sandy’s makeover.
If you love “Grease,” give this version a shot...even if you have to skip through some of the music numbers.
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Part 2.5 of My DrakePad Analysis Posts!
Continuing on from post two, I'd like to remind you all that DW trusts LP to get them both away from Tantalus and he does, despite them both ending up on a telephone pole.
LP tries cheering DW up by making a joke after he complains that the bad guys got away. (Either that or he's just adorably oblivious.) Sadly though, Darkwing seems just irritated by him.
Launchpad actually "launches" himself at Darkwing and ends up holding him by his leg saying he wants to be his sidekick.
And lastly, after Darkwing insists that he works alone, Launchpad still tries to give him his phone number.
Now, where have we heard that before everyone?
Anyway, that's it for this post everyone. Hope you enjoyed it.
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Carley Rae jepsen is Canada’s Kylie Minogue
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Laughed until in tears, truly.
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there are people out there who got to witness boygenius and carley rae jepson at the same time last night and i will forever be bitter that i couldn’t go bc work wouldn’t give me the time off
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Well...
When there's confetti exploding on the third song, you're up for something special
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Wait, Carley Rae Jepson and Owl City got their own version of “Good time” together, Separate from the normal version!?
So then I see what owl city is up to
The hell
This is like hyperpop Rebecca black levels of WHAT IN THE FUCK
I’ll listen later
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Everyone talking about Taylor’s new album like sorry I only believe in the divine right to rule for one pop princess
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why is carley rae jepsen playing at the summer sonic 2022 event in japan
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