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“Bear Grease” includes the talents of 10 Indigenous actors, including Lightning and Andrade.

#GREASE LIGHTNING CAST 1978 SERIES#

Since, she has made appearances in front of the camera in “Yellowstone,” “Outlander,” “Rutherford Falls,” and “Ghosts,” and is currently in the Amazon series “Three Pines”. She has been working in the film and television industry since she was nine years old when she landed her first lead role in the feature film “ 3 Ninjas: Knuckle Up ”. Lightning is from the Enoch Cree Nation (Maskekosak) in Alberta, CA. There’s so much medicine through laughter, and there’s so much medicine in bear grease, too,” she said. “Bear grease is what makes it Indigenous. “Bear grease is universal, and we want people to ask us what bear grease is,” Lightning said. Bannock is considered “too north,” and frybread is “too south.” “Frybread Grease” or “Bannock Grease” were two of the names considered for the show’s title, but the show’s writers thought one name or the other was too divisive. “To hear the audience laugh makes all of this hard work worth it.”Īudiences learn of Indigenous culture while laughing at the uniqueness of Native humor. “The number one factor for creating this show was making sure this was fun for the audience,” Lightning said. The show includes hip-hop, parody, improv, freestyle, humor, and a solo song sung in the Cree language. The play has a sound unlike the film, said Lightning.

#GREASE LIGHTNING CAST 1978 MOVIE#

“Most people are expecting to see an enactment of the movie we grew up seeing, but it’s not.” “It’s not the Grease you expect, but it’s the Grease you need to see,” Lightning said when explaining the show. The show is Lightning’s directional debut. “Bear Grease” was written by both Lightning and Henry Andrade - also known as MC RedCloud - both actors and hip-hop artists that formed a duo called LightningCloud. Our cast has never been to Gathering of Nations and we were all so excited.”Ī million Native people from Canada and the United States, all together at the same place, we wanted to provide an exciting experience for those in town for Gathering”. “We’ve been trying to get there for a while and things just never worked out. The Pink Ladies in the flick were portrayed by Stockard Channing, Didi Conn, Dinah Manoff and Jamie Donnelly.“We were so excited about Gathering weekend,” Crystle Lighting, director and one of the writers behind “Bear Grease,” told Native News Online. The parent movie starred John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John as love interests from different high school cliques who must deal with their friends trying to pull their relationship apart. “We are thrilled to unveil our new original series that will introduce an incredible cast of young stars in the making and electrifying musical numbers you will fall in love with,” Nicole Clemens, president of Paramount Television Studios and Paramount+ Original Scripted Series, said in a statement.Ĭlemens continued: “Annabel and Alethea have managed to brilliantly capture the spirit of the iconic beloved classic film which like ‘Rise of the Pink Ladies,’ is both set in the past but relevant to the present.” John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John as Danny Zuko and Sandy Olsson in “Grease.” ©Paramount/Courtesy Everett Col “Before rock ‘n’ roll ruled, before the T-Birds were the coolest in school, four fed-up outcasts dare to have fun on their own terms, sparking a moral panic that will change Rydell High forever,” the official Bloglines reads. Alethea Jones will direct the pilot episode. The show will follow four outsiders who want to shake up the status quo at Rydell High.

The 10-episode series will star newcomers Marisa Davila as Jane, Cheyenne Isabel Wells as Olivia, Ari Notartomaso as Cynthia, Tricia Fukuhara as Nancy, Shanel Bailey as Hazel, Madison Thompson as Susan, Johnathan Nieves as Richie, Jason Schmidt as Buddy, Maxwell Whittington-Cooper as Wally and Jackie Hoffman as Assistant Principal McGee. “Rise of the Pink Ladies” will take place in 1954, four years before the original film’s setting. Henry Winkler says he’s a ‘damn fool’ for turning down iconic roleĮasy, last-minute Halloween costumes to wear based on your zodiac signĪ prequel series based on the iconic 1978 musical “Grease” has been set to stream on Paramount+. John Travolta honors ‘Grease’ co-star Olivia Newton-John in Super Bowl ad ‘Grease’ actors were ‘too old’ say critics - casting director fights back

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