"Hello, and welcome to the movies... tickets for two?"
Today, we're featuring a few retro movie posters.
Yes, those movies with lots of foot work, hand movements, hip shaking, and jumping and prancing around in tight clothes.
Perhaps, after this entry, you might have some new inspiration on what to wear or what not to wear... if you're considering lots of hairspray.
Then I get night fever, night fever.
We know how to do it.
Gimme that night fever, night fever.
We know how to show it.
Despite being one of the highest-grossing films of 1983, critics and fans blasted the movie, saying it lacked the heart and interesting characters of "Saturday Night Fever", basically ignoring the elements of what made that movie a hit.
Not only did "Staying Alive" hardly compare to its acclaimed predecessor, but it was also considered to be a terrible movie in general. A dance sequence in the final act of the movie flummoxed audiences instead of captivating them.
In 2006, Entertainment Weekly dubbed Staying Alive the "Worst Sequel Ever".
... and we thought they knew how to do it.
our take? rest if you have a fever.
Fact: Because of a zipper breaking, Olivia Newton-John had to be sewn into the pants she wears in the last sequence (the carnival at Rydell), and she couldn't get the trousers off until the filming of that scene had finished.
our take? try second thoughts about wearing a zipped-something on that day.
"Grease" spawned a sequel, "Grease 2" (with the only cast members from the original movie being Blansche, Coach Calhoun, Eugene, Frenchy, the Scorpion's gang leader, and Miss McGee) that was much less successful.
After the success of the original, Paramount intended to turn "Grease" into a multi-picture franchise with at least three sequels planned and a TV series in the pipeline.
When "Grease 2" flopped at the box office, all the plans were scrapped.
our take? be as original as possible.
Thinner than most of the other men who have portrayed Edna, John Travolta appears onscreen in a large fat suit, and required four hours of makeup in order to appear before the cameras.
(just for your kaypo-ness)
Travolta fought for the ability to give his character curves, as opposed to a dumpier figure, and a thick Baltimore accent.
His character's nimble dancing style belies her girth; Shankman based Edna's dancing style on the hippo ballerinas in the Dance of the Hours sequence in Walt Disney's 1940 animated feature Fantasia.
our take? to steal the limelight, dance like a hippo with curves.
but remember to look where you're going.
you break, you pay.
Alright, that's all for now folks.
coming up soon, how to dance...
like john travolta :)
