Only not in "Grease," EVEN THOUGH IT WAS NEVER MEANT TO BE A FAMILY MUSICAL. Just to make clear the inconsistency here, Fox has left in "did she put up a fight." And this is the network that aired "Scream Queens," where some spectacular vulgarity was offered on the air. "With new pistons, plugs and shocks, I can get off my rocks," which "Glee" kept in, is now ". In other words, completely different from what the song meant to say (unless we are meant to ponder what is being peeled out with greased lightning).Ĥ. The "shit/tit" rhyme - turned into "crap/that" on "Glee" - is "You know without a doubt I'm gonna peel out" for Fox. (When "Glee" did "Grease," it went with "honey wagon.")ģ. "Pussy wagon" is now "dream wagon" WHICH DOES NOT EVEN SCAN CORRECTLY. "Cream" has been changed to "scream" (which is a pretty standard censoring of the song).Ģ. But, if the lyrics Fox sent out with its press kit for the show are accurate, then the network is pushing censorship even more in its telecast. The "Grease"-for-the-whole family persists to this day, even though the movie has been bowdlerized for some telecasts (specifically, when "cream" in "Greased Lightning" is changed to "scream"). Below are snippets from 'Greased Lightning' (featuring Aaron Tveit) and 'Summer Nights. (What does Sandy learn at the end? You can get your man by acting slutty? What do the guys discuss in "Summer Nights" - including the creepy question "did she put up a fight"?) Parents complained loudly because somehow - possibly through the John Travolta/Olivia Newton-John movie - they had the idea that "Grease" was fun, family entertainment instead of what it was: a musical about getting laid. Years ago, I went to a road-company production of "Grease" with all the original vulgarity intact (and, it appeared, a little more added to the performance). 31 - and not just because the network is calling this America's favorite musical: Eastern on FOX.Notes regarding Fox's "Grease Live!" coming Jan. In fact, Tveit told Entertainment Weekly that Grease: Live has updated their lyrics, adding that the cast is, "working really hard to get those lyrics out of our heads." So although you might remember a much racier version of "Greased Lightning," you'll be getting something far more sanitized for modern broadcast standards on when Grease: Live comes to television. on Fox, which means I'll be tuning in to see if any of the T-birds accidentally sing 'the chicks will cream' on live television. I'm pretty confident these lyrics aren't going to make it into a live primetime broadcast on FOX.
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