This week I finally got to watch the movie Grease after years of having only a sneak peak at a scene here and a scene there, and of course the songs, I love them! My brother was a big fan of the movie, which further kindled my curiosity.
And having just got back from Universal Studios Singapore, I loved the Mel’s Diner in the Hollywood zone. The 50s ambience, with Thunderbirds parked outside and the steel and bright red Rexin interiors… they rang a bell, though I just couldn’t fix the exact American movie I had seen them in. And now that I have seen Grease, it has come a full circle!
Just like the American Diner, there’s something so nostalgic and attractive about the movie Grease. Maybe it’s Travolta’s dancing, the youthful exuberance of the 50s (so unlike the depressing campus atmosphere that crept in later) or perhaps it’s the brilliance of the American dream itself! If you don’t get what I’m saying, try contrasting the 50s in India with the 50s in America and you will know what I’m talking about. America was not called the “land of the free and the home of the brave” for nothin!!!
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