Homework - Grease (1978) vs. Hairspray (1988)

[DaltonMaltz 1119]

Next week, Amy will be joined once again by filmmaker Adam Egypt Mortimer to pit the 1978 musical Grease against the 1988 musical Hairspray.

 

 

Grease can be watched on YouTube here:

 

 

Hairspray can be watched on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZnAdUD5TLrM

[sycasey 2.0 2301]

Oh now, THIS is an interesting one. Nice choices!

[Susan* 135]

I watched about half of Grease about two weeks ago on cable. It's crazy how old most of the "teenagers" look. Mostly because the actors were old at the time.

[sycasey 2.0 2301]

I watched about half of Grease about two weeks ago on cable. It's crazy how old most of the "teenagers" look. Mostly because the actors were old at the time.

 

It was before my time, so I assume that maybe teenagers all just looked older in the 70s.