Grease

**Grease** yɛ 1978 Amerika nnwom ɔdɔ ho aseresɛm sini a Randal Kleiser kyerɛɛ no kwan (wɔ ne dwumadi a edi kan a ɔyɛ ɔkwankyerɛfo titiriw mu) a efi Bronté Woodard sini a ɔkyerɛwee ne Allan Carr a ɔdan no, a egyina asɛnka agua so nnwom a Jim Jacobs ne Warren Casey yɛe a ɛwɔ din koro no ara so. Sini no kyerɛ Danny Zuko (John Travolta) a ɔyɛ srade ne Australiani osuani a ɔde kɔ baabi foforo Sandy Olsson (Olivia Newton-John) asetra, a wonya wɔn ho wɔn ho ho anigye wɔ awɔw bere mu ɔdɔ mu.

Paramount Pictures na woyii Grease adi wɔ United States wɔ June 16, 1978. Sini no dii yiye wɔ kasatia ne aguadi mu, na ɛbɛyɛɛ nnwom sini a enyaa sika kɛse sen biara saa bere no.[4] Ne nnwom nhoma no baa awiei wɔ afe 1978 mu sɛ nnwom nhoma a ɛto so abien a wɔtɔn sen biara wɔ afe no mu wɔ United States, na ɛwɔ 1977 sini Saturday Night Fever (a Travolta nso dii mu akoten) no nnyigyei akyi nkutoo,[5] na wɔde dwom "Hopelessly Devoted to You" too gua sɛ ɛnyɛ Academy Award for Best Original Song wɔ 51st Academy Awards. Sini no nso nyaa din anum wɔ Golden Globe Awards a ɛto so 36 no mu, a nea ɛka ho ne sɛ ɛyɛ Sini a Ɛsen Biara – Nnwom anaa Aseresɛm ne abien a ɛyɛ Mfitiase Dwom a Ɛsen Biara, wɔ "Grease" ne "You're the One that I Want" ho. Wɔ afe 2020 mu no, wɔpaw Grease sɛ wɔmfa nkora so wɔ United States National Film Registry mu wɔ Library of Congress sɛ "ɔyɛ nea ɛho hia wɔ amammerɛ, abakɔsɛm, anaa afɛfɛde mu".[6][7]

Woyii nea ɛtoa so, Grease 2, adi wɔ 1982 mu, a Maxwell Caulfield ne Michelle Pfeiffer dii mu akoten sɛ sradefo kuw foforo. Mfitiase sini no mufo kakraa bi na wɔsan yɛɛ wɔn dwumadi ahorow no. Ɛde besi afe 2023 no, television so dwumadi a edi kan a enni bere tiaa bi, Grease: Rise of the Pink Ladies, dii kan wɔ Paramount +, a sini a edi kan, a wɔato din Summer Lovin', a mprempren wɔreyɛ.[8][9]

## '''Asase'''
Wɔ 1958 ahohuru bere mu no, ɛhɔnom abarimaa Danny Zuko ne Australiani Sandy Olsson a ɔrekɔ akwamma hyiam wɔ mpoano na wɔdɔ wɔn ho. Sɛ awɔw bere no ba awiei a, Sandy haw sɛ ebia wɔrenhyia bio, nanso Danny ka kyerɛ no sɛ wɔn dɔ no yɛ "mfiase nkutoo".

Wɔ mpanyimfo bere mfiase wɔ Rydell ntoaso sukuu mu no, Danny san fi ne dwumadi ase sɛ T-Birds srade kuw a Doody, Sonny, Putzie, ne n’adamfo paa Kenickie ka ho no kannifo. Sandy awofoɔ da so ara wɔ Amerika na wɔkyerɛw Sandy din wɔ Rydell baabi a ohyia greaser girl clique the Pink Ladies a Frenchy, Marty, Jan ne ɔkannifoɔ Rizzo ka ho.

Danny ne Sandy ka wɔn ɔdɔ tiawa no ho asɛm kyerɛ wɔn akuw no mu biara, Sandy kae awɔw bere bi a na ɔdɔ wom na Danny kyerɛ sɛ onyaa honam fam osuahu kɛse. Bere a awiei koraa no Sandy bɔ Danny din no, Rizzo yɛ nhyehyɛe ma wɔsan hyia bio wɔ pep nhyiam bi ase a Sandy hyia Tom, jock, na Kenickie da ne kar foforo a wɔde adi dwuma, Greased Lightnin’, a wayɛ nhyehyɛe sɛ obetu mmirika wɔ mmɔnten so bere a wɔasan asiesie akyi no adi. Esiane sɛ Danny akyere ne nkate ne ne din sɛ abarimaa bɔne nti, ɔbɔ Sandy animtiaa wɔ ne kuw no anim na ne bo fuw.

Wɔ Pink Ladies pajama apontow bi ase no, Sandy yare esiane sɛ ɔnom, ɔsɔ sigaret hwɛe, na ɔma Frenchy tow n’aso nti, bere a Rizzo, bere a wadi Sandy nipasu a ɛyɛ papa na ɛho tew ho fɛw akyi no, ofi hɔ kɔda Kenickie wɔ ne kar mu, na bere a wɔn kɔndɔm no bubu Leo, basabasayɛ kuw a wɔredi akan, Scorpions, no kannifo ne n’adamfo abeawa Cha-Cha haw wɔn. Bere a nna apontow no aba awiei no, Sandy hu sɛ ɔda so ara dɔ Danny wɔ ne nyinaa akyi.

Ade kyee no, Danny pa Sandy kyɛw sɛ ɔbɔɔ no brush anadwo a atwam no na, ɛdenam Ɔkyerɛkyerɛfo Calhoun mmoa so no, ɔbɛyɛ mmirikatufo na odi nkonim wɔ ne nsam bio fi Tom nsam, nanso wɔn nnamfonom bɔ wɔn date no hwe ase, na Kenickie ne Rizzo tetew mu wɔ akyinnyegye akyi. Bere a ahoɔfɛ adesuakuw bi a asiane wom gyaw Frenchy a ne ti nhwi yɛ pink a ɛte sɛ ahwiesa akyi no, ɔmpɛ sɛ osi gyinae sɛ ɔbɛsan akɔ Rydell akɔwie ne ntoaso sukuu adesua.

Wɔ sukuu asaw no mu no, wɔbɔ amanneɛ tee wɔ National Bandstand na DJ Vince Fontaine na ɔyɛ ho nhyehyɛe, Rizzo ne Kenickie spite wɔn ho wɔn ho denam Leo ne Cha-Cha a wɔde ba sɛ wɔn date no so. Wɔ nsa jive akansi a basabasayɛ wom mu no, Danny ne Sandy saw yiye, nanso ansa na wɔrebɔ nkonimdifo no amanneɛ no, Sonny twe Sandy kɔ na Cha-Cha twa mu ma ɔne Danny di nkonim, bere a Sandy de ahum refi adi no. Danny bɔ mmɔden sɛ ɔbɛma Sandy ayɛ nea ɛfata denam no a ɔde no bɛkɔ agoprama bi a wɔde kar kɔ mu no so, nanso nkɔso a ɛkɔ tẽẽ na ɛyɛ den kɛse no ma Sandy guan de ahopopo. Rizzo suro sɛ wanyinsɛn bere a wankɔ nna mu akyi na ɔka ne kokoam asɛm kyerɛ Marty, na ɔka kyerɛ Sonny, na ɔtrɛw asɛm no mu kɔma Kenickie a ɛda adi sɛ ɔyɛ agya no a wanhyɛ da, ɛwom sɛ Rizzo pow no de.

Mmirikatu da no, Kenickie ankasa kar pon ma ne ho popo, enti Danny fa ntwahonan no, na odi nkonim wɔ mmirikatu no mu bere a Leo twitwiw ne ho akyi no. Sandy a ofi akyirikyiri rehwɛ na n’ani agye wɔ Danny nkonimdi no ho no de ba awiei sɛ ɔda so ara dɔ no na ɔhwehwɛ mmoa fi Frenchy hɔ ma ɔsakra ne suban na ɔhwɛ sɛ n’ani begye ho.

## Adeyɛ
Ɔkwankyerɛfo Randal Kleiser faa ahofadi pii de mfitiase fibea nsɛm no, nea ɛda nsow kɛse ne sɛ ɔde tebea no fii Chicago nkurow akɛse mu tebea mu (a egyina William Howard Taft ntoaso sukuu so[10]), sɛnea na mfitiase nnwom no te no, kɔɔ nkurow no akyi beae kɛse, a ɛda n’ankasa mmabunbere adi wɔ Radnor ntoaso sukuu a ɛwɔ Philadelphia kurotia no mu. Na onni sini no mu nnwom afa horow no so tumi kɛse; wɔpoo dwom a ɔpaw a ɛyɛ asɛmti dwom, a Charles Fox ne Paul Williams hyehyɛe no, bere a Robert Stigwood ne Allan Carr hyɛɛ dwom bi fii Stigwood afɛfo Barry Gibb hɔ wɔ simma a etwa to no mu no.[11][12]

## Casting a wɔtow gu
John Travolta adi kan ne Stigwood ayɛ adwuma wɔ Saturday Night Fever, ɔkyeree nnwom 10 a ɛyɛ dɛ sen biara "Let Her In" wɔ 1976 mu, na na wadi kan ayɛ Doody wɔ akwantuo mu adeyɛ bi a ɛfa Grease asɛnka agua so fa no ho. Sɛ́ mfonini abiɛsa apam a wɔne Stigwood yɛe no fa no, wɔmaa Travolta dwumadi titiriw bere a Henry Winkler pow dwumadi no esiane suro a na osuro sɛ wɔbɛkyerɛw no sɛ obi a ɔde srade srade gu mu nti, efisɛ wayɛ bad-boy sradefo a ɔte saa ara Arthur Fonzarelli wɔ Anigye Nna mu fi 1974. (Akyiri yi Winkler benu ne ho wɔ gyinaesi no ho.)[13][14] Na ɔkwankyerɛfo Randal Kleiser nkyerɛɛ agoruhwɛbea dwumadi biara kwan da ansa na eyi reba nanso na wakyerɛ Travolta kwan wɔ 1976 television so sini a wɔato din The Boy in the Plastic Bubble mu) sɛ ɔkwankyerɛfo; Kleiser ne Travolta nyaa platonic abusuabɔ a emu yɛ den wɔ bere a wɔreyɛ no mu, na ɛboaa Travolta ma ɔde n’adwene sii so bere a odii Diana Hyland (n’adamfo abeawa saa bere no ne ne maame a ɔwɔ sini mu wɔ Bubble) wu ho awerɛhow no.[13] Ansa na wɔrefa Newton-John adwuma no, na Allan Carr resusuw din ahorow pii te sɛ Carrie Fisher,[15][16] Ann-Margret, Deborah Raffin,[17] Susan Dey ne Marie Osmond ho sɛ wɔnyɛ adwuma titiriw. Fisher a na wawie Star Wars nkyɛe no, awiei koraa no wɔpoo efisɛ na Stigwood anaa Carr nnim sɛ obetumi ato dwom anaa.[13] Ɛkame ayɛ sɛ Osmond faa dwumadi no ansa na ɔrehu baabi a onipa no danee atuatewfo koduu na ɔpowee[18] sɛ ɔnyɛ Goin’ Coconuts mu ɔyɛkyerɛfo mmom. Awiei koraa no, Carr paw Newton-John bere a ohyiaa no kwa wɔ apontow bi a Helen Reddy yɛɛ ho nhyehyɛe mu akyi.[19] Na Newton-John anyɛ agodie pii ansa na sini yi reba, na na sini abien pɛ na wɔde ho anuonyam maa no (1965 Funny Things Happen Down Under ne 1970 sini a wonhuu no pii a wɔfrɛ no Toomorrow, a edii n’anim ansa na ɔreto nnwom mu nkɔso) de besi saa bere no; ɔsrɛɛ sɛ wɔnyɛ no screen test ansa na ɔregye dwumadie no atom.[19] Newton-John penee so sɛ wɔbɛtew bo a wɔsrɛ so de agye nsoromma ho ka ne tumi a wɔde bɛsan akyerɛw nkyerɛwee no, a nea ɛka ho ne sɛ ɔbɛsesa ne suban no mfiase ayɛ no Australiani otubrafo (sɛnea ɛbɛyɛ a ɛho renhia sɛ osuasua Amerikani kasa a wɔka no) na ɔmma ɔnyɛ obi a ɔnyɛ hwee. Wɔ asetra a wosuasua adwinni ho asɛm mu no, na Newton-John ankasa nnwom adwuma no bɛsakra te sɛ Sandy Olsson nipa no de no; ne nnwom nhoma a edi hɔ a odii Grease akyi, a wɔtoo din Totally Hot a ɛkanyan akɔnnɔ no, de ɔbarima ne ɔbea nna ne pop ho kwan a ɛsen biara adi, a Newton-John puei wɔ album no anim wɔ atade a ɛte saa ara a wɔde aboa nhoma nyinaa ayɛ ne ti nhwi a wɔserewee mu.

Lucie Arnaz yɛɛ nhwehwɛmu maa Rizzo fa, nanso wɔpaw Carr talente afɛfo, Stockard Channing, wɔ mfe pii akyi wɔ ne sini mu dwumadi titiriw a etwa to ne nea edi kan wɔ The Fortune mu.[13] Bere a odii mfe 33 no na ɔyɛ sini no muni a wanyin sen biara a ɔyɛɛ ntoaso sukuuni, na Kleiser maa ɔne agoruyɛfo afoforo a wɔyɛ asuafo no yɛɛ "crow’s feet test" de hwɛɛ sɛ ebia wobetumi atwam ama nkumaa wɔ mfonini a wɔabɛn mu anaa.[13] Wɔde adwene a ɛyɛ brɛoo dii dwuma wɔ agoruyɛfo a wɔn mfe akɔ anim no bi anim.[18] Channing bɔɔ mmɔden kɛse sɛ wɔbɛma dwom a ɛyɛ den "There Are Worse Things I Could Do" no nkɔ so wɔ nkyerɛwde no mu esiane Carr kasatia nti.[18]

Grease yɛ sini a edi kan a ɛmaa varsity jacket ahorow gyee din no mu biako.

Wɔsusuu Elvis Presley ho sɛ ɔbɛyɛ The Teen Angel nanso owui ansa na wɔreyɛ.[18] Marie Osmond nuabarima ne ne hokafoɔ a ɔne no yɛ duet Donny Osmond yɛ Teen Angel foforɔ a ɔbɛtumi ayɛ ansa na wɔreyi Avalon,[18] sɛdeɛ na Frankie Valli nso teɛ, a na wɔama no kwan sɛ ɔbɛto dwom asɛmti no anaasɛ ɔbɛda ne ho adi sɛ Teen Angel (ɔpaw kan no).[21]

Na Jeff Conaway, te sɛ Travolta, adi kan apue wɔ Grease asɛnka agua so dwumadi no mu; na wayɛ Danny Zuko bere a na ɔyɛkyerɛ no retu mmirika wɔ Broadway no. Wannya kwan ankɔbɔ Kenickie featured number "Greased Lightnin'" esiane Travolta nkɛntɛnso ne ɔpɛ a ɔwɔ sɛ obenya saa dwom no ama n'ankasa nti.[18] Jamie Donnelly san yɛɛ ne dwumadi sɛ Jan a ofi Broadway dwumadi no mu, na ɔyɛ sini no muni biako pɛ a ɔyɛɛ saa; bere a na ne ti nhwi afi ase reyɛ fitaa saa bere yi no, na ɛsɛ sɛ ɔde kɔla yɛ ne ti nhwi ma ɛyɛ te sɛ nea ɔyɛ wɔ agoprama so no.[22] Na Kelly Ward adi kan ada ne ho adi sɛ obi a ɔboa no a ɔyɛ kasatia a ɔte saa ara wɔ The Boy in the Plastic Bubble a Travolta ka ho wɔ Kleiser ase no mu; wɔpaw no sɛ Putzie, a na ne fa kɛse no ara yɛ obi foforo.

Lorenzo Lamas yɛ obi a ɔde simma a etwa to sii Steven Ford a onyaa ehu wɔ asɛnka agua so bere tiaa bi ansa na wɔreyɛ sini no na ɔsan n’akyi, ne Mark Fidrych a ɔne ne bere nyinaa adwuma sɛ baseball bɔfo no nyaa ntawntawdi no ananmu. Na nkɔmmɔbɔ biara nni ne dwumadi no mu na na ɛhwehwɛ sɛ Lamas yɛ ne ti nhwi fitaa na wakwati sɛ ɔbɛyɛ sɛ T-Nnomaa no mu biako.[22][18]