1. Grease Broadway Debut: 1972 Film Release: 1978

2. Film Background Info
Based on Jim Jacobs’ and Warren Casey’s stage musical, Grease
Set at Rydell High School in Southern California
Starring John Travolta as Danny Zuko and Olivia Newton-John as Sandy Olsen

3. Other Facts Budget for the film was $6,000,000
Gross revenue for the film is $394, 589, 888
Grease confirmed John Travolta’s fame
The movie soundtrack was the 2nd best selling album in the US
Grease spawned a sequel, Grease 2 in 1982, starring Michelle Pheiffer

4. Sandra Dee
1950s movie star Sandra Dee  a symbol for artificial American adult life
Poster girl for the big studios’ attempts to make teen movies
Studios’ teen flicks were artificial in the extreme, creating a freakish and clueless adult imitation of the teen world that teens could see right through.
To savvy teenagers, Sandra Dee was a teen sellout, a fake – in her life, her acting style, and in her onscreen emotions
To adults, she reassured parents that their teen was a “good girl.”
Sandy is America in its progression from puritanical repression in the 50s to sexual freedom in the Sexual Revolution of the 60s.

5. Subculture: Greasers
Started in the 1950s among teens in the northeast & the south
Rock and roll music was a major part of the culture
Two main figures of the look were Marlon Brando and James Dean

6. Subculture: Greasers
Known for love of hot rod cars, being fans of 1950s Doo Wop and Rock and Roll, being in motorcycle gangs wearing jackets displaying their gang’s name
Women often depicted as the property of male gang members

7. Subculture: Greasers
Name “greaser” came from their greased-back hairstyle, which involved combing back hair using hair wax, hair gel, creams, or pomade
Typical hairstyles included the pompadour and the Duck’s ass

8. Subculture: Greasers Fashion included:
White t shirts (often with the sleeves rolled up)
Leather jackets
Black or blue jeans (with rolled up cuffs)
Bandannas, black leather gloves, chain wallets
Footwear: motorcycle boots, Converse Chuck Taylor All-Stars