Grease, saying that viewers who call it “sexist” need not take the 1978 musical film so “seriously”.The movie was broadcast in the UK by the BBC over Christmas 2020, and drew complaints from viewers who labelled it sexist and misogynist.Now, Newton-John has addressed those views during an appearance on the podcast A Life Of Greatness. “I think it’s kind of silly,” she said on the episode. “I mean, this movie was made in the 1970s about the 1950s.”Grease tells the story of a summer romance between high schoolers Sandy Olsson (Newton-John) and Danny Zuko (John Travolta) and surrounding teenage antics.
Among other examples, the film has been criticised for depicting Sandy ditching her “good girl” looks and persona in order to reconcile with.
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