The movie “Grease” was released in 1978.  The plot follows a whirlwind summer romance of two young teenagers in 1958.  After airing on BBC the cult classic movie is being destroyed on Twitter.  The comments called the film misogynistic, rapey, slut-shaming, and sexist.

Is it? or were the era and times that the film took place not put into consideration?

1950’s: 

  • Post WW2
  • Dawn of the Civil Rights Movement and the Cold War
  • Elvis Presley, Sam Cooke, Buddy Holly
  • Marilyn Monroe
  • The creation of TV

Let’s see what it was actually like in the ’50s

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