Trailer Trash (Defiling the Classics Edition)

This was inevitable, really. Just watch:



Now, I have seen Grease. I found it an enchanting little musical romp through 50's high school musical culture. There are people that love it far more than I, and they are the ones who should be more offended.

Grease probably is the cause of the more recent wannabes such as High School Musical, which is basically the same movie, only neutered. The most recent incarnation of the "high school shenanigans with musical numbers" model is the Fox series Glee.

I understand the appeal of works such as High School Musical and Glee, but it just isn't my cup of tea. I also think that their popularity is fleeting, and that no one will care about them in 20 years. (Particularly Glee, which will be seen as Now That's What I Call Music: The Series. It perfectly captures the musical culture of the time, but aims no higher.

So now it's up to the studios to reach into their vaults and pull out a film which already HAS lasted this long. That is Grease, and now it is being destroyed before our eyes.

Also, they realized that people can get a similar experience by turning on the DVD and using the English subtitles. So they utilize A WHOLE PUNCH OF PURDY COLORS and put them on the screen. It's like turning the climax of Taxi Driver into a water gun fight. All the edge has been taken off of the film and replaced by in your face effects.

Not to mention I don't see an entire movie theater getting up, singing and dancing in the aisles. Particularly if one happens to go see a matinée and is the only one in the theater.

Summer lovin'! Had me a blast!

This is a cash-grab, make no mistake. This is also the second film release by Paramount to use the "Demand it!" method, with only a select release at first, then as people ask for it the release will widen. The first film to use it (with gigantic success) was Paranormal Activity. This film might be scarier.

So, ladies and gentlemen I ask you to join me in NOT demanding the Grease Sing-a-long. For the betterment of mankind.