What’s Aged the Best?
Sandy’s clothes; hair combing; Studio 54party; rival car; Patty Simcox; La Bamba; added solo; greaser look; touch-assist anecdote; dance contests; Malibu; Barney’s Beanery
In the discussion (16)
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- The animated opening and its catchy theme are explicitly moved into aged-best discussion despite not matching the rest of the film.
- Sandy’s modest yellow outfits are praised, including the sweater-over-shoulders look.
- Travolta’s repeated hair-combing gestures are praised.
- The premiere after-party at Studio 54 is nominated as an especially 1970s detail.
- The rival’s car is admired, with the nickname Craterface recalled.
- Patty Simcox is praised as a prototypical annoying high-school character.
- The brief La Bamba use is enjoyed.
- Hopelessly Devoted to You is praised for working despite reportedly being added after principal production to provide Newton-John a solo.
- The kiddie pool at the end of the number is enjoyed.
- Dipping the stationery into the kiddie pool is questioned.
- Greased hair, leather jackets, white T-shirts, and jeans are admired as the era’s style.
- Cars, drive-ins, and milkshakes are recalled as pleasures of that era; women adopting the biker jacket is discussed.
- A Vanity Fair anecdote about Kleiser’s infected foot and Travolta performing an hour-long Scientology touch assist is enjoyed as revealing celebrity behavior; the recovery claim is reported rather than endorsed.
- Dance competitions are praised as a durable movie pleasure, with Pulp Fiction, Bring It On, You Got Served, Step Up, and Step Up 2 as comparisons.
- The recognizable Malibu beach rocks are praised as an enduring cinematic location.
- Barney’s Beanery appearing in the animation is appreciated as a surviving Los Angeles landmark.