IMGpapers 1976–79

Newspapers of the International Marxist Group and its forerunners, 1976–79

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Socialist Challenge No. 66, 5 October 1978 · p. 15 of the scan · 293 words

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page 15 of the scan

WEARING suitably That's the great thing about Grease. what nostalgia is Yet and sane along and loved the bigsest hype since Brian Clough claimed Nous Forest could play football:

The storyline of Grease is eminenily forgettable. In fact it is difficule tospot.

Ir's how Danny two step' Travolta discovers truc summer sometime in (Olivia Newton Jolai, but due to the T. Birdst has to pretend not to.

dark glasses and plenty Brylereem, MICK GOSLING insinuated himself into a crowd of 14-ycar-olds and greased his way into the opening night of "Grease' in downtown Hackney.

conclusion when Sandy abandons her white ankle socks and call length dresses they interest leather outfit suitable partner for Mr Man In berween It's song and adolescent smut.

OBSESSED If American Graffitti and love -That't Be The Day tried to say the something about growing up' in the carly days of rock Foll, Grease has no such pretensions.

Not even at the level of happy casting. Most of the male of adolescents sport lise o'clock shadows at & in the morning They are completely obses sed with whether girls "put out" Their attitude to women is sumed up in the phrase: 'But what do you do with them for for the other 23% hours? and The girls, interested in romance the exception of a bad' who nearly gets into trouble' This boringly familiar cliché of boy-giri relations mandard lyrics of the lilm viz: holdine my Hand got friendly, Sandy: He *She down in the sand." and This sort of stuff is laid on with i trowel throughout the film, and hip swivelling from John Farce Pride by coltrast, inspires the not over bums.

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