This really wasn’t what I was going to write about today….but while I was surfing the Rogers guide and came across Grease with the year (1978) beside the name, I started to think about how old (young) I was when I saw this movie. How the content was so inappropriate to a seven year old and how so many movies today are inappropriate for the kids that live in our world today.

Life was different in 1978. I remember playing on our street with the kids in the neighbourhood hide and seek. It was okay to hide behind your neighbours cars on their driveway, on their porch, etc. Would we even think about doing that today? Are you crazy?! Back on Mother’s day we were having brunch at my brother’s house and his 8 1/2 year old niece asked if they could play in the front of the house. The answer of course was no, we are all in back, so you can stay and play out here.

My cousin’s lived a few streets away from us at that time. I remember that their side door to their house was never locked. Honestly, and I know that there are other people that have said their doors were never locked as well.
It is amazing how ‘old’ the young people in my life appear. Children are exposed to so much more in today’s world then we EVER were at that the same age and stage. My nieces can navigate their way through an Ipad, Iphone, they know how to Skype, and so much more.

They live in a world where picture taking is instant gratification. “Back in the day”, we had to wait until the pictures were developed to see what our birthday party looked like. Now, my 17 month old nephew knows how to touch the iphone/ipad screen to scroll through the pictures. As soon as you take his picture he holds his hands out to hold the camera and look at himself.

Which brings me back to Grease. I heard an where John Travolta was talking about the Grease Lightning sequence. John played Kenicky on Broadway and said that the song was very sexual. If you watch the videio he takes a roll of saran wrap and moves it across his lower area. “You know there ain’t no shit, we’ll be getting lots of tit in Greased Lighting”. “I am not bragging, she’s a reall pussy wagon, Greased Lighting”

The funny thing is that this movie, even with it ‘mature content’ was tame by comparison to some of the movies kids are seeing today. I have no clue about these vampire movies, but the kids love them, as much as their moms…who were their age probably watching Grease for the first time.