Stripped of its veneer of good music, this is the real story of Grease.
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"I like you, Sandy, and you like me. Perhaps this could be the start of something beautiful."
"Oh, but you're a wholesome, clean, all-Australian girl and I'm a greasy nogoodnik who hangs out with a pack of juvenile delinquents (emphasis on juvenile)."
"Time to put on my asshole face and treat you like shit. After all, I can't let the guys know I like girls like you."
"I like Danny, and I know that under the PRICKly exterior he's a nice guy, but nothing is working out between us. What should I do?"
"My girlfriends and I are going to mock you and beat you down 'til you get with the program, bitch!"
"I understand now! In order to be together, Danny and I don't need to respect one another's differences and love each other for who we are. I just need to ..."
"... change to a skank who wears tight leather and sucks carcinogenic toxins down into her lungs."
"Watch us drive away into a future of unwanted pregnancy, mutual loathing, adultery, alcoholism, and possibly spousal abuse."
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