(OPINION) NewsHub – Social media users are calling to ban the iconic 1970s hit film ‘Grease’, condemning it for being “sexist”, “homophobic”, and “slut-shaming”.
A Boxing Day viewing of the film on BBC1 sparked outrage online, with many Twitter users calling the film out-dated. “Grease is on. It really has a terrible message doesn’t it?” one user said. “Sorry but “Grease” sucks on so many levels. No plot. Nothing interesting happens.
And the message is pure misogyny,” said another. The film is a light-hearted romantic musical, centring around a high school love affair between Sandy, played by Olivia Newton-John, and Danny, played by John Travolta. Critics on Twitter complained about the lyric, “Did she put up a fight?” in the song Summer Nights, when Danny talks about ‘hooking up’ with Sandy.
Others shared disapproval about Sandy’s friend Rizzo, who was slut-shamed for having unprotected sex. The drive-in scene where Sandy and Danny watch a movie together was criticised for being “rapey”, one user saying that it “didn’t age well”. READ MORE
