Saturday, October 04, 2008

Tears of Screaming Laughter

This one is for my sister: When in need, nothing delivers quite like Grease 2. The entire movie is on You Tube, but the most therapeutic links are as follows…

The set up: Stephanie is a Pink Lady, Michael is a Hot Nerd, Johnny is a T-Bird and also a homunculi. Michael learns to ride a motorcycle and goes around town doing wild wheelies and stunts, thereby bewitching Stephanie, who has only ever wanted a Cool Rider. She falls in love with him without knowing his name or even seeing a full third of his face. The homunculus and his unattractive T-Bird posse chase Michael (the aforementioned “Cool Rider”) off of a cliff and they all believe he is dead. Nevertheless, the talent show must go on (it MUST!), and in the midst of delivering a shattering performance of “Girl for All Seasons,” Stephanie goes bonkers and starts singing a song to her lost love, who now resides in Motorcycle Heaven.

Skip to 4:10 to experience “Girl for All Seasons”
Skip to 6:40 to see Stephanie Start to Lose It
Skip to 7:12 to begin experiencing the most awesome psychotic break captured on film evar

For reasons I can’t imagine, they cut it just as the most wonderful part happens, so click here for the most dramatic crescendo of lost love in cinematic history.

I recommend a viewing of the entire movie if you haven’t seen it already. It is some kind of transcendent.

1 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

Okay, WE have to watch THIS together.

This and some Star Search reruns.

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