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...inevitability of them looking at least ten years too old to be in high school. Headlined by Rosie O'Donnell as Rizzo, the cast ably fills the cardboard stereotypes: Michelle Blakely as prissy Patty Simcox, Jessica Stone as aimless Frenchy, and Ricky Paull Goldin as tough-guy Danny Zuko...
Grease, made legendary by the movie starring John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John, focuses on the high school romance of Danny Zuko (Adam Freed) and Sandy Dumbrowski (Faith Salie). Their summer fling is put to the test when Sandy unexpectedly enrolls in Rydell, Danny's high school, and must fit in with his friends. They are the decidedly cool T-Birds and Pink Ladies who do not readily accept good girl Dumbrowski. Sandy's eventual conversion into a spandex-clad vixen has Danny on his knees and the rest of Rydell cheering...
Freed, leading the T-Birds, plays his role with charmingly transparent bravado, accentuating Zuko's immaturity while remaining sympathetic. Kenickie (Barry Littleman) romps through "Greased Lightning," an enjoyable homage to machissmo. Casey Gallagher, as Doody, is amusingly nerdy and boasts one of the strongest voices in the cast. His romance with the much taller Bell has great comic effect...
...tour proceeds to Soweto's most fashionable neighborhood, dubbed "Beverly Hills" by Sowetans. The driver points out the homes of prominent Blacks. The residence of one businessman contains 18 rooms and employs three servants. But even Beverly Hills lacks sidewalks and has an alley strewn with garbage. Zuko Tofile, who works for the U.S. government-run American Cultural Center, explains that frustration prevails among the Black middle and upper classes. No Black, no matter how wealthy, can live in a white suburb. The most affluent Blacks still must face poverty and despair every day. And they often are beaten...
...comes with the territory, and the quiet kid from Englewood, N.J., is already getting typed as a kind of Steiff Toy hoodlum. This has something to do, of course, with the parts that have brought him fame: Vinnie Barbarino in Kotter, Tony in Saturday Night Fever, even Danny Zuko, the cuddly tough guy in Grease, all rough-and-ready proles with a hint of self-mockery and a double dose of wistfulness. Travolta's low profile will be his best chance of holding onto his privacy and whatever portion of himself he wishes to preserve for his intimates. The public...