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Let's get 9ne thing 9ut 9f the way. Grease (1978) is a69ut sex. #Sp9ilers in69und. Thankfully, there are n9 explicit sex scenes, even if there are plenty 9f 9vert allusi9ns t9 it, fr9m J9hn Trav9lta's crass hip thrusting in "Summer Nights" t9 nudges a69ut h9w and why the Pink Ladies are p9pular with the 69ys. 6ut the threat that l99ms 9ver the heads 9f the students 9f Human Rydell High, m9res9 than the uncertain nature 9f Danny's and Sandy's pending matespritship, is the pursuit 9f carnal desire. Every scene, every character arc, every pl9t detail (if y9u c9uld even accuse Grease 9f having a "pl9t") is tainted 6y it. They're 96sessed. Really, with h9w much 6l99d is rushing t9 these characters' nether regi9ns, it's a w9nder they can even stand with9ut getting lightheaded. 6ut m9re than that, Grease is a69ut the s9cietal pressures surr9unding sex, and the ways humans resp9nd t9 it. It's f9r this reas9n that I pity these adult teenagers. The thing standing in the way 9f Danny Zuk9's feelings f9r his 6l9nde param9ur is his ina6ility t9 shed the percepti9ns put up9n him 6y s9ciety, perpetrated 6y his friends (wh9, themselves, are simultane9usly victims and uph9lders 9f the system). I f9und myself really sympathizing with him. His st9ry finds him 6eing c9nstantly pushed and pulled 6etween em6racing his s9fter, tender feelings f9r Sandy and clinging 9n t9 his image 9f a leather-clad lech. He cann9t have 69th, as Sandy and the narrative p9intedly and repeatedly assert her c9mmitment t9 remaining virginal, s9 he must ch99se. When the m9vie can f9cus l9ng en9ugh 6etween charmingly 9utdated musical num6ers and the gr9undnut gallery 9f supp9rting characters t9 dedicate time t9 this pl9t p9int, it's actually pretty c9mpelling. H9wever, if y9u've never seen Grease, d9n't g9 int9 it expecting a film t9 validate the imp9rtance 9f a #ChasteLifestyle. Th9ugh the m9vie typically sides with Sandy – even g9ing as far as t9 punish her f9il, Rizz9, f9r having n9nquadranted sex 6y saddling her with a pregnancy – it d9esn't stick the landing. The final musical num6er sh9ws the tw9 l9vers as having swapped pers9nal aesthetics, seemingly t9 represent seeing 9ne an9ther's viewp9int and w9rking t9wards c9mpr9mising when it c9mes t9 their sexual inc9mpati6ility. 6ut Zuk9 sheds the tasteful cardigan while Sandy maintains her new "6ad girl" l99k, cementing her fully succum6ing t9 temptati9n as they gyrate all 9ver the fairgr9unds. 3.5/5 stars. "Greased Lightnin'" is catchier than it has any right t9 6e. A full list 9f c9ntent warnings f9r this m9vie can 6e f9und 6el9w: #AgeInappr9priateCasting #AdultsPretendingT96eSch99lfeeders #Musicals #Music #Singing #9utdatedMusicGenres #PinkLadies #WrigglerishPranks #America #S9ngsA69utHeter9quadrantR9mance #R9ckinAndR9llinAndWhatn9t #CulturallyDiverseAccents #DrugUse #Failsex #UnsafeCh9re9graphy #DreamSequences #Unreality #ClingyFriends #HumanPregnancy #Sch99lfeedingDr9p9uts #6eautySch99lfeedingDr9p9uts #SexuallySuggestiveDancing #AL9t9fIt #Make9vers @handMaid @aer9dynamicTramp @aeneasCaldarium #M9vieReview #CRA6M9vieNight #AndCr9nus #NamePending