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‘Grease’ is Being Slammed as “Racist, Rapey, Homophobic, and Slut-Shaming”

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Yikes, definitely didn’t see this coming at all. Apparently, the 1970s musical Grease is now under fire after it was screened by BBC during Boxing Day which caused several to re-evaluate the romantic comedy.
Yikes, definitely didn’t see this coming at all. Apparently, the 1970s musical Grease is now under fire after it was screened by BBC during Boxing Day which caused several to re-evaluate the romantic comedy. Forty-two years after its huge cinema release, the classic doesn’t appear to be aging quite well, with several critics calling it, “misogynistic” and, “Rapey,” saying it encourages “slut-shaming.” and “sexism” Some people were extremely outraged and offended that they even called for Grease to be removed from screens altogether. The film was released in 1978 starring John Travolta and his co-star Olivia Newton-John. It tells the love story of two young teenagers, Sandy and Danny, indulging in a whirlwind summer romance in 1958.

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