In What Ways Did Grease Match the Time Period?
- The Clothes: Most of the clothes consisted of long skirts and collared shirts for girls and high-waisted pants for boys. The Pink Ladies and the T-Birds dressed more the way that people dressed in the early 1960s as opposed to the 1950s. The girls wore short shorts and tight shirts, and the boys wore tight jeans and leather jackets.
- The Morals: Sandy was used as a representation of the classic girl of the 1950s. She refused to do anything bad, she wouldn't drink or smoke. She wanted to remain a virgin until she was married, which was common of the 1950s but not at all in the 1960s. She was very involved in the church and always worried about what her parents would think. All of the other members of the Pink Ladies and T-Birds had a very loose style of living. They did not have many morals, they all drank and smoked and there was a big pressure to have sex. This was the mind-set of the kids of the 1960s. This video shows the different in the morals between Sandy and the rest of the girls. Look at me, I'm Sandra Dee
- Dance and Music Styles: The Dance-A-Thon in the gym at Rydell High showed the dance and music styles of the 1950s. They danced to the song, Born To Hand-Jive. Most of the students were dressed very respectfully. The dance began with all of the people dancing in the style of the 1950s, and it soon escalated to the more risque styles of the 1960s. Born to Hand-Jive The music style shown by the T-Birds was more the style of the 1960s. They were changing to the Rock-And-Roll era. The song "Greased Lightning", sung by the T-Birds, showed the way that people were starting to obsess over fast cars and rock and roll. Greased Lightning
-Houses and Cars: The houses reflected the modesty of the era. They are all very old-fashioned. The only view into a house you get in the movie is in the clip "Look at me I'm Sandra Dee" where everything is very proper and pink. It reflects the furniture of the time-period. The cars were very important to the T-Birds. The kids in the school who were still in the 1950s culturally did not have a huge interest in cars, but the T-Birds really focused on them. They started racing cars, and competing to have the fastest cars. They became very important to the kids of the 60s because there were many improvements made on car parts such as engines during that time period. The song Grease Lightning showed the evolution of music and the evolution of the kids attitudes towards material goods (cars)
-Popular Groups: At Rydell High, the popular kids aren't the jocks or cheerleaders like they would be if the movie was set in the 2000s. The popular kids were the members of the Pink Ladies and T-Birds. They were the kids who drank and smoked and not the kids who cared about sports. The cheerleaders and jocks were made fun of, where Danny and Rizzo were idolized.
- The Morals: Sandy was used as a representation of the classic girl of the 1950s. She refused to do anything bad, she wouldn't drink or smoke. She wanted to remain a virgin until she was married, which was common of the 1950s but not at all in the 1960s. She was very involved in the church and always worried about what her parents would think. All of the other members of the Pink Ladies and T-Birds had a very loose style of living. They did not have many morals, they all drank and smoked and there was a big pressure to have sex. This was the mind-set of the kids of the 1960s. This video shows the different in the morals between Sandy and the rest of the girls. Look at me, I'm Sandra Dee
- Dance and Music Styles: The Dance-A-Thon in the gym at Rydell High showed the dance and music styles of the 1950s. They danced to the song, Born To Hand-Jive. Most of the students were dressed very respectfully. The dance began with all of the people dancing in the style of the 1950s, and it soon escalated to the more risque styles of the 1960s. Born to Hand-Jive The music style shown by the T-Birds was more the style of the 1960s. They were changing to the Rock-And-Roll era. The song "Greased Lightning", sung by the T-Birds, showed the way that people were starting to obsess over fast cars and rock and roll. Greased Lightning
-Houses and Cars: The houses reflected the modesty of the era. They are all very old-fashioned. The only view into a house you get in the movie is in the clip "Look at me I'm Sandra Dee" where everything is very proper and pink. It reflects the furniture of the time-period. The cars were very important to the T-Birds. The kids in the school who were still in the 1950s culturally did not have a huge interest in cars, but the T-Birds really focused on them. They started racing cars, and competing to have the fastest cars. They became very important to the kids of the 60s because there were many improvements made on car parts such as engines during that time period. The song Grease Lightning showed the evolution of music and the evolution of the kids attitudes towards material goods (cars)
-Popular Groups: At Rydell High, the popular kids aren't the jocks or cheerleaders like they would be if the movie was set in the 2000s. The popular kids were the members of the Pink Ladies and T-Birds. They were the kids who drank and smoked and not the kids who cared about sports. The cheerleaders and jocks were made fun of, where Danny and Rizzo were idolized.