Love & Romance, Hollywood Style [Period 4, Class 13]

[carpe_demon]

Drake was dressed in leather for this class again, but happily -- or maybe sadly in Emmett's case -- it wasn't the tight leather pants, it was a black leather jacket. He also had his hair slicked back with enough grease to potentially be declared a hazard to nature if he went to the beach to go swimming.

"Many of you are probably familiar with meta for the movie Grease," Drake said. "But if not, the story goes like this: in the '50s, leather-wearing greaser boy meets prim and proper nice girl, boy spends summer romancing girl, but when it's time to go back to school, boy fears he won't be considered cool for having a non-slutty girlfriend. Boy tries to be more straight-laced and fails miserably, so girl decides perming her hair, smoking, and dressing in leather will get her the boy. And indeed it does.

"A lot of people love this movie, but what's the message here? That you have to change for love? How do you feel about that? On the one hand, if love inspires you to be a better person, good for you. But on the other, what about being true to yourself? Would you completely change who you are to win the love of someone? Why or why not?"

Comments

Sign In [L&R: Class Thirteen]

[carpe_demon]

Anyone doing tasteless or vulgar movements will be immediately disqualified. So by all means, sign in that way.

Re: Sign In [L&R: Class Thirteen]

[blondecanary.livejournal.com]

Dinah Lance

Re: Sign In [L&R: Class Thirteen]

[icecoldfrost]

Emma Frost

Re: Sign In [L&R: Class Thirteen]

[longislandiceme]

Bobby Drake

Re: Sign In [L&R: Class Thirteen]

[imonscholarship.livejournal.com]

Dan Humphrey

Re: Sign In [L&R: Class Thirteen]

[living_endless]

Didi

Re: Sign In [L&R: Class Thirteen]

[brat-intraining.livejournal.com]

Kennedy (wow, this icon gets used in so many sign-in threads...)

Re: Sign In [L&R: Class Thirteen]

[mississippiqueen]

Despite the lack of nudity, I hesitate to use this icon even in this thread, but it does fit the requirements. Oooh, one that gives me less pause and is still tasteless and vulgar!

Emmett Honeycutt

Re: Sign In [L&R: Class Thirteen]

[vanillajello]

Kate Gregson

Re: Sign In [L&R: Class Thirteen]

[lovemykilt]

Priestly

Alas, his canon is on the tasteful side, so he must be a girl in this thread.

Re: Sign In [L&R: Class Thirteen]

[oops-mbad.livejournal.com]

Diana Hansen

Re: Sign In [L&R: Class Thirteen]

[wwiii]

Warren Worthington III

Re: Sign In [L&R: Class Thirteen]

[awesomebigsis.livejournal.com]

Ellie Bartowski

Re: Sign In [L&R: Class Thirteen]

[she-sheds.livejournal.com]

Joolushko Tunai Fenta Hovalis

Re: Sign In [L&R: Class Thirteen]

[joan-notjane.livejournal.com]

Joan Girardi

Re: Sign In [L&R: Class Thirteen]

[robinthefrog.livejournal.com]

Robin

Listen to the Lecture [L&R: Class Thirteen]

[carpe_demon]

Or just chat with your friends. As you do.

Re: Listen to the Lecture [L&R: Class Thirteen]

[longislandiceme]

Hey, for a change? Bobby did not come to class looking like he'd been in a fight recently.

Which meant he was awake and focused and actually taking notes even.

Re: Listen to the Lecture [L&R: Class Thirteen]

[vanillajello]

Kate was distinctly unimpressed with today's movie.

But she was mostly daydreaming anyway, so that was fine.

Re: Listen to the Lecture [L&R: Class Thirteen]

[she-sheds.livejournal.com]

Joolushko did not know the term "earworm." Nevertheless she was going to be humming the rest of the day. Hopefully she wouldn't start singing. Bad things happened when she tried to hit high notes.

Discussion [L&R: Class Thirteen]

[carpe_demon]

Would you completely change who you are to win the love of someone? Why or why not?

Re: Discussion [L&R: Class Thirteen]

[brat-intraining.livejournal.com]

"That's pretty stupid, isn't it?" Kennedy asked, a very slight touch of tension around her jaw. "Trying to be someone you're not just to hook up with someone? Whether you realize it or not, you're pretty much just using them."

Re: Discussion [L&R: Class Thirteen]

[oops-mbad.livejournal.com]

"Nope." Diana said cheerfully and firmly.

Re: Discussion [L&R: Class Thirteen]

[awesomebigsis.livejournal.com]

Ellie knew right away what her answer was. "No, I would not. I'd want to be with someone who accepted me the way I am."

Re: Discussion [L&R: Class Thirteen]

[mississippiqueen]

And for all Emmett believed in true love and happily ever after hard enough to keep a forest full of Tinker Bells alive forever, he had to say no to that.

"I can't change who I am, and anybody who wants me to isn't worth breaking my heart trying."

Talk to Drake [L&R: Class Thirteen]

[carpe_demon]

I got chills,
They're multiplyin,'
And I'm losing control.
'Cause the power you're supplyin' —
It's electrifyin'!

TAs [L&R: Class Thirteen]

[carpe_demon]

Look at me, I'm Sandra Dee,
Lousy with virginity.
Won't go to bed 'til I'm legally wed.
I can't, I'm Sandra Dee.

Re: TAs [L&R: Class Thirteen]

[brat-intraining.livejournal.com]

...yeah, Kennedy? So not Sandra Dee, thanks very much. And she'd always thought this movie was kind of cheesy-- or more accurately, she ended up wanting to hit most of the people in it.

So this was a TA looking less than thrilled with today's film option.

Re: TAs [L&R: Class Thirteen]

[vanillajello]

Was that a note being tossed Kennedy's way? Why yes, yes it was.

Look! Bobby doesn't look like shit for once! IT'S A WEDNESDAY MIRACLE.

... Yeah, maybe Kate was a little bored.

Re: TAs [L&R: Class Thirteen]

[brat-intraining.livejournal.com]

Kennedy read the note, snickered a little, and tossed one back.

This might call for some kind of celebration. If it keeps up, we might have to worry.

She totally got bored. She was tuning the movie out, after all.

Re: TAs [L&R: Class Thirteen]

[vanillajello]

Well, it was a cheesy movie with a questionable message. Snickering over notes was far more entertaining.

To be honest, it's already freaking me out. Like, who am I even living with? Is that even really him?

And then, as an afterthought, But I've seen worse excuses to celebrate.

Re: TAs [L&R: Class Thirteen]

[brat-intraining.livejournal.com]

Yeah, the movie could totally take a back burner here. Kennedy'd always thought the 50s thing was pretty dorky. (Well, there had been that one girl at her school in Vermont who'd rocked the poodle skirts, and rawr, but.)

Can we check and make sure he's not a pod person somehow? We verify that, total party time.

You didn't need much of an excuse for one in her book anyway.

Re: TAs [L&R: Class Thirteen]

[vanillajello]

Kate actually took a moment to ponder that.

And came up with nothing.

I'm out of ideas. You?

Re: TAs [L&R: Class Thirteen]

[brat-intraining.livejournal.com]

Kennedy... just went with the first idea that came to mind, though she could've come up with a better one if she'd bothered to think about it longer.

Ask him how he likes being a penguin? If he says it sucks, he's a ringer.

OOC [L&R: Class Thirteen]

[carpe_demon]

It always disturbed me that the message in Grease was that you had to become slutty to get the boy. o.O

Re: OOC [L&R: Class Thirteen]

[blondecanary.livejournal.com]

When I was little I honestly thought they got another actress for Sandy for a while there because she looked so different.

Re: OOC [L&R: Class Thirteen]

[trigons_child]

When I first saw this, I didn't understand why Sandy slamming the car door hurt Danny so much. Oh, to be so innocent again. ;)

Re: OOC [L&R: Class Thirteen]

[joan-notjane.livejournal.com]

Well, on the flip side, Danny did join track and improve himself for her so it's not a totally negative message?