Grease and Hairspray both show numerous signs of 1950s culture. Grease is a musical romantic comedy, which takes place in the 1950s, that depicts the lives of different cliques and how each of them are different, but at the same time similar. Hairspray, which also takes place in the 1950s, and does an amazing job showing how it was to live with racial discrimination. Grease took place in California in the 1950s. There are scenes that take place at their local high school, at the beach, at a drive-in movie and more. There were two different types of cliques that are focused on in this movie: The “greasers” and the “Pink Ladies”. The Pink Ladies are into romance, beauty, smoking and men. The “greasers” are interested in having sex
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Jealousy is a prominent conflict in this story because Tracy was hated on by Amber, a dancer on The Corny Collins Show, even though Tracy was really talented, because Amber was worried Tracy would take her place as the star of the TV show. Amber's mother, Velma, also disliked Tracy and believed she did not look the part to be on The Corny Collins Show. The fact that African Americans were eventually banned from being on the popular TV show is disgusting and definitely a conflict. Also, African Americans were not taught in the same classrooms as the white kids, which is not only extremely disrespectful, but also another conflict. The most gripping, thought-provoking points in Hairspray was the major racial discrimination that was seen and done throughout the course of this movie. African Americans are no less important than other people and it is shocking that a person could think otherwise. Also, I thought it was incredible and brave how Tracy stood up for her rights against racial …show more content…
Popularity was a huge topic in both films. In Grease it appeared to be extremely important to keep a cool reputation because otherwise you would not be considered popular. In Hairspray, The Corny Collins Show was all about popularity and which dancer the public liked the most. Both of these movies did an excellent job depicting the visual aspect of what it looked like in the 1950s. Additionally, both of these movies have beautiful, classic music that people have and will listen to for a long
Jealousy is a prominent conflict in this story because Tracy was hated on by Amber, a dancer on The Corny Collins Show, even though Tracy was really talented, because Amber was worried Tracy would take her place as the star of the TV show. Amber's mother, Velma, also disliked Tracy and believed she did not look the part to be on The Corny Collins Show. The fact that African Americans were eventually banned from being on the popular TV show is disgusting and definitely a conflict. Also, African Americans were not taught in the same classrooms as the white kids, which is not only extremely disrespectful, but also another conflict. The most gripping, thought-provoking points in Hairspray was the major racial discrimination that was seen and done throughout the course of this movie. African Americans are no less important than other people and it is shocking that a person could think otherwise. Also, I thought it was incredible and brave how Tracy stood up for her rights against racial …show more content…
Popularity was a huge topic in both films. In Grease it appeared to be extremely important to keep a cool reputation because otherwise you would not be considered popular. In Hairspray, The Corny Collins Show was all about popularity and which dancer the public liked the most. Both of these movies did an excellent job depicting the visual aspect of what it looked like in the 1950s. Additionally, both of these movies have beautiful, classic music that people have and will listen to for a long