Why Teens Should Not Use Captions
We all know those awkward conversations with our parents, whether it be about a boy/girl or something we saw or hear. Well i’ve had many of those with my lovely mother and father but one battle in particular was most memorable. While watching Grease you should not use captions as a 12 year old girl with your mother in the room.
I was 12 years old sitting comfortably in my living room happily singing along to the happy smiling faces and bright colored costumes.
“Oooh cool grease” my mom said, plopping down on the couch next to me.
My mom sat there singing along with me, having never had the captions coming across the bottom of the screen showing the true meaning and the graphic lyrics of the songs being sung.
“What the heck? What words did I think were being sung?” my mom exclaimed, laughing a nervous laugh.
I was 9 years old when my mother introduced Grease to me, starting my love of musicals. She had watched it with me the first thousand times I watched the movie. I was like a small child replaying Little Mermaid over and over, learning what I thought the lyrics were and meant. Now at first you would think since she grew up with the movie Grease she would know the meaning and words and content, and not show it to a naive 9 year old little girl. But no, she herself was just as naive and really saw the movie as just a silly love story.
It became a tradition, every time my cousins and I gathered at our grandfather’s,Grease, to us, was just one big mushy happy summer romance story, not a movie full of innuendos about "sexual content”. “...Then we made our true love vow...”(Grease (Rockin' Rydell Edition). Dir. Randal Kleiser. Perf. John Travolta, Olivia Newton-John, Stockard Channing. Paramount, 2011. DVD.) That one line of lyrics in “Summer Nights” all about finding you one true love is what the whole movie was to us.
There came a point where I asked for the special edition Grease that came with a zip up leather jacket on the case, for my birthday and my mom agreed, happy to own the movie. I was about 11 or 12 when she bought It. I was soo excited! I continued watching and singing the lyrics i understood not what was being said, but what I understood.
It was a night like any other. I had gotten into my pajamas and slid the movie into the DVD player, jumping on the couch I bundled up and pushed play.
“Oooh cool Grease.” my mom said plopping down on the couch next to me.
She sat there singing with along with me, never having the captions coming across the bottom of the screen showing the true meaning and the graphic lyrics of the songs being sung. The captions came on automatically when putting the movie in, The automatic lyrics came with the special edition movie.
“What the heck?, what words did I think were being sung?” my mom exclaimed laughing a nervous laugh.
“I don’t know; what’d it say?” I said, I was still sitting there looking at my mom puzzled still singing along to what i “thought” the lyrics were, not paying the slightest attention to the captions, after all who needed to use captions when you knew all the words anyways?
“You can not watch this! i had no idea what the lyrics actually were!”
“Mom no! You can’t take this away from me! It’s my favorite movie, I’ve watched it for years now!” I was getting upset and angry that she was taking away Grease!
It was taken away from me and my grandfather warned that i was no longer allowed to watch the movie, my lesson learned was DO NOT use captions as a 12 year old girl, watching Grease with your mother in the room or else it will be taken away from you.
We all know those awkward conversations with our parents, whether it be about a boy/girl or something we saw or hear. Well i’ve had many of those with my lovely mother and father but one battle in particular was most memorable. While watching Grease you should not use captions as a 12 year old girl with your mother in the room.
I was 12 years old sitting comfortably in my living room happily singing along to the happy smiling faces and bright colored costumes.
“Oooh cool grease” my mom said, plopping down on the couch next to me.
My mom sat there singing along with me, having never had the captions coming across the bottom of the screen showing the true meaning and the graphic lyrics of the songs being sung.
“What the heck? What words did I think were being sung?” my mom exclaimed, laughing a nervous laugh.
I was 9 years old when my mother introduced Grease to me, starting my love of musicals. She had watched it with me the first thousand times I watched the movie. I was like a small child replaying Little Mermaid over and over, learning what I thought the lyrics were and meant. Now at first you would think since she grew up with the movie Grease she would know the meaning and words and content, and not show it to a naive 9 year old little girl. But no, she herself was just as naive and really saw the movie as just a silly love story.
It became a tradition, every time my cousins and I gathered at our grandfather’s,Grease, to us, was just one big mushy happy summer romance story, not a movie full of innuendos about "sexual content”. “...Then we made our true love vow...”(Grease (Rockin' Rydell Edition). Dir. Randal Kleiser. Perf. John Travolta, Olivia Newton-John, Stockard Channing. Paramount, 2011. DVD.) That one line of lyrics in “Summer Nights” all about finding you one true love is what the whole movie was to us.
There came a point where I asked for the special edition Grease that came with a zip up leather jacket on the case, for my birthday and my mom agreed, happy to own the movie. I was about 11 or 12 when she bought It. I was soo excited! I continued watching and singing the lyrics i understood not what was being said, but what I understood.
It was a night like any other. I had gotten into my pajamas and slid the movie into the DVD player, jumping on the couch I bundled up and pushed play.
“Oooh cool Grease.” my mom said plopping down on the couch next to me.
She sat there singing with along with me, never having the captions coming across the bottom of the screen showing the true meaning and the graphic lyrics of the songs being sung. The captions came on automatically when putting the movie in, The automatic lyrics came with the special edition movie.
“What the heck?, what words did I think were being sung?” my mom exclaimed laughing a nervous laugh.
“I don’t know; what’d it say?” I said, I was still sitting there looking at my mom puzzled still singing along to what i “thought” the lyrics were, not paying the slightest attention to the captions, after all who needed to use captions when you knew all the words anyways?
“You can not watch this! i had no idea what the lyrics actually were!”
“Mom no! You can’t take this away from me! It’s my favorite movie, I’ve watched it for years now!” I was getting upset and angry that she was taking away Grease!
It was taken away from me and my grandfather warned that i was no longer allowed to watch the movie, my lesson learned was DO NOT use captions as a 12 year old girl, watching Grease with your mother in the room or else it will be taken away from you.
