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DonQOnIce t1_j0w5n8q wrote

Reply to comment by GaimanitePkat in Rydell High is back in a first look at 'Grease: Rise of the Pink Ladies' by galaxystars1

I think this series looks cheap and lazy, and this comment is not me assuming this series will be any good. But I feel like pushing back slightly on the idea that you can’t make something like this with a 2022 lense. You can certainly examine both social justice issues and the unsavory elements of the time together. In fact, you probably have to look at one to get into the other. This is also less than 70 years ago, not hundreds. There were plenty of people with progressive views at the time.

But, like I said, I don’t think this particular series will do that well at all and this is more of a general comment.

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armless_tavern t1_j0whe4h wrote

I agreed with you mostly, then agreed entirely with your last sentence. I think the attempt could be made to have an engaging theatrical story mixed with relevant social analysis… but this is GREASE we’re talking about.

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DonQOnIce t1_j0yh7jk wrote

Absolutely. This just isn’t it (I assume, I’ll eat my words if they actually come out swinging). But generally it’s possible.

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