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August 2, 2007
Chang-Chang, Changidy Chang Shoo-Bop?
Something strange happened to me last night. I was in bed, getting in some late night tele. I channel surfed a bit, and ended up watching the last 10 minutes of Grease.
I've watched Grease no less than 500 times. I know every word and sing every song. I can do the hand-jive, all the gyrations featured in "Greased Lightening" and that weird lasso move Danny and Sandy do at the end of the dance-off.
You know what I never noticed about Grease? I never noticed how friggen weird the carnival scene is at the end. I think it's because I always watch Grease from the beginning, but when you turn it on and it's at the end, you get an interesting slice of alien life. Here's an example:
First off, synchronized dancing and singing. This is a dead give away that you've entered hokie-ville, but it's so much more than just synchronized dancing. For instance, in the middle of the dance routine, 3 guys break out into Charlie Chaplin impersonations. Why couldn't I have been present during the brainstorming for the final scene? I can see it now, the meeting with the producers and the lyricist who came up with, what must be, the most bizarre lyrical composition since "Supercallafragilisticexpidalidocious"
Written, it looks like this:
"Rama Lama Lama a dinkity-dingy-a-dong.
Shoo bop sha walla lop, yippity boom da boom.
Chang Chang, Changidity Chang Sha Bop.
Yip dee yip dee yip, do wop, dee doo dee doo.
A boogity boogity boogity boogity, shoo be doo wop doo wop.
Sha na na na na na yippity dip dee doo."
And then, repeats.
If you look closely at the faces of the actors, they can't even keep it together, which is why, I noticed, that the camera angles are usually from far enough in the distance so you can't read lips. If you could, you'd notice Rizzo totally cracks up in the middle of the song.
Grease may be the word, but it's a strange, strange word.
Posted by lysa at August 2, 2007 9:26 AM
Comments
but who put the chang-chan dingy-dong in your sha-walla lop?
Posted by: scottie at August 2, 2007 12:58 PM
No less weird than people thinking I should be breaking into song in the middle of Times Square when they hear I went to "Fame"
Posted by: Robyn at August 3, 2007 12:08 PM