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“Grease” co-creator Jim Jacobs |
We’re sorry, Sandy.
All this time, we were completely wrong about you and the ending of your musical movie “Grease.”
We thought that when you doffed your sweet Sandra Dee persona, donned that black leather number and sucked down a cigarette, you transformed into a sweet tart for John Travolta.
“That isn’t what it is at all!” says the man who should know.
Born-and-bred Chicagoan Jim Jacobs wrote the original stage production of “Grease” with his partner, the late Warren Casey. I sat down with Jacobs on Tuesday morning for some coffee near his North-side condo.
“The point of the show is always missed by 99 percent of the critics all over the world, and by a lot of the actors as well,” Jacobs said.
So, what did it mean when Sandy went to the dark side of fashion?
“It was a poke!” Jacobs said. “A good old-fashioned razz against those … Hollywood movies that turned the main guy into a fine, upstanding citizen.” (Read more…)