Sandy was a really pretty and cute girl, but at the end they decided to give her a makeover to look like a complete hooker and then suddenly everyone is like OMFG she's hot. Does anyone here actually prefer her looks at the end?
shareWhether you prefer virginal Sandy or sluttypants Sandy, there's no denying that final scene would be nothing without the transformation. It's iconic.
I love all the costumes in Grease, myself.
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I think you mean that it's nauseating, not iconic.
shareWhile I appreciate the correction I'm reasonably sure I said what I meant.
shareSure. But I can't see how anybody can see anything positive about the transformation.
shareEach to their own.
Would you really be shocked to see the final scene of Grease listed in an iconic movie moments list though? The fact that we're talking about it 42 years later seems to suggest it left something of an impression.
That is not as the same thing though as the scene having a good message.
"Grease" ended with Sandy having to change her wardrobe and her hairstyle and even start smoking, or she wouldn't be accepted by her "friends".
And there's no way that such a message should be applauded.
Danny also tried to change for Sandy during and at the end before Sandy comes out, so it wasn't just her, but her transformation was more drastic.
We are not saying that this scene is supposed to be positive. Would this ending work now? No, but back then, things like this were never thought about. We are in a different time now and are also old enough to know you shouldn't change who you are for no one, but for me, this scene will always be iconic and still has that wow factor when she walks in. I will always love Grease.
Can I ask @Furienna(1393), when was the first time you watchd Grease and what age group were you in? Just curious if you saw it later than those who saw it in the 70s and 80s. I was a child (maybe 6) in the 80s when I first watched Grease for the first time.
“Danny also tried to change for Sandy during and at the end before Sandy comes out, so it wasn't just her, but her transformation was more drastic.”
I always thought that they both tried to change for each other in the end but that they weren’t going to stay that way. They live happily ever after as normal Danny and Sandy after the carnival.
Yes that is what I thought too. :-) They realised that they didn't need to change in the first place and lived happily ever after as themselves. :-) lol
shareThe only one who actually changes is Danny. He finally drops the tough greaser persona where he has to impress his friends and becomes the Danny she fell in love with at the beach. I’ve been watching Grease since I’ve been a kid. Lol
shareHe does? How does he change?
shareHe’s an ass when he was hanging out and showing off with his friends. By the end he had left that behind and was more like the guy Sandy had met on vacation.
sharePerhaps.
But it doesn't change that her transformation was much more notable, and a much more negative one to boot.
I get that. I think she just did it to shock him to his senses. Remember she’s being coached the entire time. Shes not going to continue dressing or acting like is how it seems.
shareWe can hope that.
But I don't see how she could stop smoking once she started.
That is very addictive and hard to quit.
Danny went out for various sports and ultimately earned a varsity letter in track because he thought Sandy preferred the jock type to greasers. That was a much greater investment in time and effort than Sandy’s superficial makeover at the end. It’s not entirely clear but Danny may even have given up smoking at the coach’s urging.
shareAs I was born in 1984, it is true that I don't belong to the original target demographic.
Even so, I'm surprised that this was seen as an okay message even back in the '70s.
And I think I read that Marie Osmond turned down the role as Sandy in the movie.
Because she couldn't support the nauseating message in the ending even back then.
Thus, it seems to have been a controversial narrative choice right from the start.
Fair point. The message might be on the nose but the scene is still well remembered by pretty much everyone, that’s why I called it iconic. You’re right though it’s a pretty ordinary message when you think about it.
shareIt always seemed a poor message to me.
In order to get with the person you love, you have to completely change your personality.
Yes, exactly!
Strangely enough, it seems like the transformation was supposed to be an empowerment message.
Yes, really!
Because at some point, some people saw it as progress to have a sweet virginal girl turn into a greaser chick.
However, it is clear that Sandy transforms just to be accepted by Danny and her "new friends".
And so, there was never anything empowering or progressive about it.
But I read that when people perform the play today, they will often change it a bit to avoid controversy.
They give Sandy an important line about how she only acts like such a goody-goody to keep her parents happy.
So then, it is like she actually becomes herself in the ending!
But it seems like nobody thought about adding such a justification to the story back in the '70s...
I think most of the world liked it me included. She wasnt meant to be taken serious or the movie so I think that’s where the messages get mixed. I think it’s more of a symbolic message of maturity though the public would never get such deepness and just go with the emblematic fashion of it.
shareShe looked descent I’d say.
shareMy first impression was "ok it's too far" but very fast her cool attitude change my mind, I thought of her as a hot Rock girl
shareI prefer Sandy with the schoolgirl/cheerleader look but also find her attractive in the rocker chick get-up. I even liked her curly hair post-transformation and I usually don’t like the perm look. I did think she was overly made up, though.
shareAgreed..
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