Brainless fun

Rating: Null/10 (19 March 2003)

It's easy to take Grease apart for all its many faults, but it isn't the kind of film that should ever be taken seriously. At this point in time it's a classic, so any kind of revisionism is beyond the point. Just turn off your brain and enjoy it. It's stupid, but it's fun.
My favorite in the film was always Betty Rizzo (Stockard Channing) and her song, "There are worst things I could do". It has the exact right amount of shallow teenage profundity to ring true and is really endearing. Hers was probably the only character in the film that was slightly more than two-dimensional. As for Travolta, I disliked him then and couldn't care less now.