The Grease 2 Cult

There's a night I'll always remember: I was with a couple of friends at St Pancras Station in London and we were dancing down the street singing "Cool Rider," as you do. It was late and we'd had a bottle of wine, okay? A group of people walked past and one of them gave us a knowing wink. There was an unspoken connection. She, too, was part of the Grease 2 cult.

I am reminded of the existence of a Grease 2 cult every now and then when the movie is mentioned at, say, a house party and about 1-3 people start enthusiastically singing one of the songs.

Grease 2 is a marmite film--you either love it or you hate it--and its cult following is exclusive. You can't join it later in life. It's not that we don't want new members--in fact, we'd love to have them on board--it's just that I'm pretty certain they wouldn't like the film. The people who love it (and know all the songs) seem to have first watched it through the uncritical eyes of a kid. Here's a word of advice to these people: it is no use trying to convert someone to the Grease 2 cult. You would have to turn back the proverbial hands of time to pull that off. See what I did there?

There are a lot of us Grease 2 cult members out there, mind you. Just ask the creator of Grease 2's Facebook fan page as it's got over 17,000 likes! That's no mean feat, considering I've only got 66 for my Beverly Hills 90210 fashion page Now Wear This. (Yes, that was a shameless plug).

The Michelle Pfeiffer Pface-Off: The Fabulous Baker Boys vs. Grease 2

In this episode of Criss Cross Counter Punch, Daddy Geek Boy and A Vapid Blonde debate which movie contained Michelle Pfeiffer's better singing role: The Fabulous Baker Boys or Grease 2.

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Daddy Geek Boy: Let's face it, Michelle Pfeiffer was (and is) a luminous babe that made the '80s just a little bit brighter. But you honestly want to compare her star-making performance in The Fabulous Baker Boys to the drivel called Grease 2? It hardly seems like a fair fight. Everything about TFBB exuded class. It was sleek and stylish and funny and serious. It had a real story and real characters. It had a soul. Not to mention Michelle Pfeiffer in a slinky dress laying on top of a piano. What did Grease 2 have? Screechy pop songs about bowling and reproduction.