I recently had the pleasure of attending a screening of GREASE (one of my all-time favorite movies since early childhood) with a Q and A with Didi Conn (Frenchy). I loved seeing Didi up close, and she was the sweetest person. She told us some great stories about auditioning for the movie and filming the "teen angel" scene with Frankie Valli. Plus, I had some time to reflect on the important life lessons GREASE taught me:
5. Summer love doesn't have to end when summer does
There's high probability that your summer fling won't go back to Australia (like Sandy), and you'll suddenly have to address the relationship with your friends, "I don't know this Danny you speak of. Maybe you should check the yellow pages or take out a missing persons ad." Oh, those Summer Nights.
4. Radio DJ's will pray on young fans
Thanks Mr. Vince Fontaine for putting the moves on Marty during the hand jive contest instead of noticing Cha Cha stealing Danny away for the final dance,"Do your parents know I come into your room every night? On WKLB of course."
3. When you need a date for the dance, ask your boyfriend's mortal enemy
It helps if they're in rival gangs, and it makes for a more interesting hand jive contest. See 0:56 for "dirty dancing with boyfriend's enemy," and 1:23 for ensuing fight.
2. Gossip spreads like wildfire at the drive-in.
In about 4o seconds, the entire drive-in knew Rizzo might be pregnant. And when Sandy left Danny, "Stranded at the drive-in. Branded a fool. What will they say Monday at school?", things did not look good.
1. Dress slutty and boys will like you. Then sing about it.
There's nothing like hearing "I've got chills... they're multiplying." You're the One That I Want, indeed.
Stay tuned for more GREASE life lessons.
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