Grease? Love it, always have and always will. So we all collectively tune in for NBC's Grease on Sunday nights (tonight)! The new show is not meant to be (I would hope) true to the original script or to broadway in general---- after all it IS a reality show! The premise of course if that American Idol style talented wannabe's tried out to come on the show and vie for the part of Sandy or Danny on broadway when Grease opens in a few months. We watched the interview process, the cuts, the final few going to "Grease Academy" and then the live shows. All very AI indeed. The difference is that the girls all sport the Sandy look and the guys have the ducktails and slicked back hair a la Danny. For the most part we all even MOSTLY agree who should stay and who should go----------- with a few minor skirmishes along the way. It will be interesting to see who actually does end up with the part--- or does America once again vore in someone less talented because they know them, like them, hail from the same state as..... whoever wins. We shall see. www.nbc.com/grease for the details. Locally, New Line Theatre is producing this Broadway hit playing now! They say "because we don't think people usually see this show the way its creators intended, and we want to return it to its rowdy, dangerous, over-sexed, insightful roots." I guess right now, Grease is the word!
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