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"It's totally anti #MeToo, it's a rape culture movie." Do we need to put today's standards on Grease?

Olivia Newton John has had to defend the classic hit 1978 film Grease to say it isn't sexist. Bu...

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17.00 27 Oct 2020


"It's totally anti #MeToo, it's a rape culture movie." Do we need to put today's standards on Grease?


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17.00 27 Oct 2020


Olivia Newton John has had to defend the classic hit 1978 film Grease to say it isn't sexist. But what other films have not stood the test of time in the wake of 'Me Too' ? Henry McKean went to ask the people of Dun Laoghaire.


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