The first issue musical is Show Boat, which premiered in 1927. There are also such examples as Of Thee I Sing and Finian's Rainbow and South Pacific, for pity's sake.
Grease is deliberately fluffy, the movie much more so than the stage production, in which Frenchy has a pregnancy scare.
See, ita, I saw it as saying love lets you expand who you are - he could be Greaser AND letterman, She could be nice girl AND wear hoochie pants. It's all good.
There are also such examples as Of Thee I Sing and Finian's Rainbow and South Pacific, for pity's sake.
There are fluffy non-musicals too, so I'm not overwhelmed with the causality here.
the stage production, in which Frenchy has a pregnancy scare.
So there are two?
I saw it as saying love lets you expand who you are - he could be Greaser AND letterman, She could be nice girl AND wear hoochie pants. It's all good.
No, you're all fluffy and optimistic. They're both bending themselves out of shape to fit other limitations -- he'll be boozing and she'll be abusing Valium and they'll both be neglecting their (unplanned) kids within scant years.
It's a musical. I don't tend to have high expectations for their "message".
See also, Carousel.
See also NAZI SYMPATHIZERS ARE GREAT Evita.
The message of Les Miz was, IIRC, VIVE LA RESISTANCE!!!!1!
My wife loves The Fifth Element, but I'm with Jessica and Nutty: I'd almost rather listen to two hours of fingernails on blackboards.
ita, being a nice girl and wanting to wear tight black clothes scarcely seems too "out of shape." Unless you heve an awfully rigid view of humanity. Hmm, Stricty McRolepants?
See also NAZI SYMPATHIZERS ARE GREAT Evita.
Shut it. It's also about social climbing = great.