#rotpl cast

[tonymarias]

MARISA DAVILA & CHEYENNE ISABEL WELLS for the cinema audio society awards

[tforjatp]

can someone please do that thing where you save the episodes to a google drive and allow others to have access to it like someone did for Willow? That way while we try to have the show picked up by another platform we can still access it and watch it?

UPDATE:: here is the link to the rotpl episodes over google drive! thank you so much to @chlora-boii for this! ❤️❤️

[littlelesbianintern]

I’m especially sad for Shanel though. Literally two weeks ago she posted about how excited she was to show a dark skinned black girl as a founding member of the Pink Ladies because of how iconic they are in pop culture. And now not even a month later not only will the show not get a second season (which would show Hazel as a more prominent member of the Pinks) but it’s being removed entirely. That representation it quite literally being erased. For a show that centres around people who are ousted from society (whether that be based on gender, race, ethnicity, sexuality or class) and how unfair that treatment is where the fuck do paramout+ get off axing all their shows with said representation??? It literally makes no sense

[sapphosclown]

hello this is a short list off the top of my head we will not get to see bc rotpl is being cancelled and erased and i am grieving so bad rn

i’d warn for spoilers but. yeah.

cynthia coming out to the rest of the pinks

hazel finding her dynamic in the pink ladies and forming those friendships with them

wtf buddy i gonna do with his life

richie killing mr. daniels

mr. daniels getting fired

mrs. mcgee getting her assistant (we know it happens i just wanted to see her happy for once)

olivia and gil kiss and getting together

cynthia and lydia learning who they are as a couple

susan’s official redemption arc

rizzo and frenchie becoming pink ladies

whatever they were planning on doing with zuko

learn why happened with cynthia’s mom/learn more about her family dynamics

see how jane lives up to being student council president

nancy and potato. i just want more of them.

edward reclaiming his name and becoming eddie

eddie accepting his queerness and as he and cynthia find solidarity together officially

that’s what came off the top of my head. i’m so sad. feel free to add on if you feel like you need it to grieve as well

[strawberryghostlight]

Not to post Grease on main but when the Rise of the Pink Ladies series had Buddy, a privileged guy with good intentions, repeatedly have the opportunity to give up his own advantages and dismantle the system he claims to oppose, only to chicken out every single time because at the end of the day he prioritizes his own comfort and ease over justice, slowly sending him down a path of becoming more and more of a dipshit..

idk I just can't think of another time I've seen those kinds of characters called out for being assholes. Like every sexist character is cold, unfeeling, and clearly the villain. But here's a guy who believes he's progressive, and manages to convince others as well as himself that he respects women, and when he discovers his own privilege knows that it's wrong, but when it really matters still keeps his mouth shut. Feels like vindication, seeing this type of antagonist I encounter so much in real life portrayed as the creepy coward he is. So glad the series put their foot down and said no matter your virtue signaling, if you won't give up your unfair advantages for the sake of the minority then you don't actually want justice. get fucked lol

[fabiolajyx]

Oh wow, Wally has a big musical number in episode 8!! The song is called "Land Don't Look So Bad"(?) 👀

And episode 8 IS the episode of the dance.

[leoullaby]

NO :(

[tonymarias]

josette halpert for her birthday

6.10.23

[tforjatp]

‼️‼️‼️ PLEASE DO NOT SKIP IF YOU WANT TO HELP SAVE GREASE: RISE OF THE PINK LADIES‼️‼️‼️

Hi everyone! This is a master list of resources that we fans can use in order to help save our show! I will be adding sources as I find them! :)

1. First up, emails! Please email these platforms and request that they pick up Grease: Rise of the Pink Ladies and provide it with a season 2! BE INCREDIBLY SPECIFIC AND EXPLAIN HOW THIS SHOW HAS HELPED YOU PERSONALLY!! Also, include the link to the petition so they can personally see how many people support the show! :)

support@hbomax.com

support@hulu.com

2. Next, vote links!! This resource is a customer service tactic in order to see what issues have the most supporters. As I find one for each platform, I will create an “idea” for that platform to pick up Pink Ladies and create a season 2! Please click the link and vote and comment!! The more votes and comments, the more likely our idea will be pitched to the teams because they will see how much we want this show to be saved. If you do not have the ability to do this, please email the support emails twice as much!! :)

https://community.hulu.com/s/idea/0875f000000Eg3WAAS/detail

3. Next, phone numbers! I know calling can be uncomfortable, but most platforms prefer this way! Please call if you feel comfortable. When calling, please again be incredibly detailed about what you want. Request that the platform pick up Grease: Rise of the Pink Ladies and provide it with a season 2. Explain how unfairly the show is being treated and how it deserves a proper ending. Explain how the show made you feel!

hulu:

888-265-6650

netflix:

888-638-3549

4. Next, tags!!! Please spread the tag #saveriseofthepinkladies ALL OVER social media!! When you create your own Pink Ladies posts, use it! When commenting on others posts, use it! Comment it under other platforms like HBO or Netflix! SPREAD IT EVERYWHERE AND HELP IT GO VIRAL!!!!

5. Lastly, the petition!!! Please share this petition with everyone you know and ask them to sign it. This is a wonderful way to show platforms how much support the show has!!

https://www.change.org/p/save-grease-rise-of-the-pink-ladies-and-move-it-to-a-different-streaming-service

As noted earlier, I will be adding to these resources as I find them online (the customer service resources are harder to find than one would think, especially netflix). Please please please share this master list and complete these steps! ‼️A platform is not just going to randomly pick up this show!! We have to show that they should! ‼️

[vvingcolleen]

Seeing the ROTPL cast in their normal clothes with phones and apple watches is off-putting to me bc they perfectly casted people immune to the smartphone face and I cant accept they werent actual teens in the 50s.

[wardback]

Shout out to rotpl for having one of the best opening scenes of a show ive seen ever, like even if you exclude the buddy and jane scene before the song we get SO much exposition in those 3 minutes or grease is the word and it all feels so natural

Here is my list of everything you learn just from watching the grease is the word scene

We meet almost the entire cast

Learn "brainy janey" is dating buddy aldridge

Buddy is popular and jane isn't

Buddy used to date susan or at least susan likes buddy

Susans friends seem to barely like her "susans going to be crushed.. i better go tell her"

Nancy's interested in fashion

Nancy's friends are interested in boys while she isnt and views fashion as more important

Olivia and Richie are siblings

Olivia hates her peers

Olivia was being punished for something and Richie had to convince their parents to let her come to the drive-in with him and his friends

Richie is protective of olivia

Olivia is viewed as very attractive

Olivia had a relationship with a teacher and is viewed as a slut for doing so

Cynthia is friends with the guys

Cynthia is obviously different to other girls as she has short hair, rides a motorbike and wears pants

And just an extra important piece of information

This cast is SO talented

And thats JUST what we learn in those 3 minutes, how did they naturally get all that information in there?? Its incredible!

[forrest-the-ghost]

They Canceled Grease: Rise of the Pink Ladies. Here’s a petition to switch it to another platform and save it.

Grease: Rise of the Pink Ladies portrays a great level of diversity that is hard to rival in modern television. Characters from all ethnicities, sexualities, and social status are represented. It has an extremely dedicated fan base, but Paramount has made the decision to cancel the series and remove it show from their platform in the next week, essentially making it impossible to watch. This means that those involved with the show’s creation and production get no further compensation for their efforts. It is a tax write off for the company.

Additionally, ROTPL is (currently) destined to fall into the bin of “great sapphic representation silenced”, which also includes Everything Sucks(2019), I Am Not Okay With this(2020), and many others.

Aside from signing this petition you may also email and submit suggestions to alternative streaming platforms (such as Netflix, Hulu, Max, and Amazon Prime Video) to uptake the mantle. Other series to face cancellation have been saved in this way, notably the sitcom One Day at a Time(2017), which was initially removed from Netflix but later transferred to PopTV to finish its entire run.

Please do not let Grease: Rise of the Pink Ladies die. Many of the cast have been extremely outspoken in their support of its renewal for a second season, and have been brought much grief by this sudden choice. The writers, actors, and producers should not be faulted and punished for their beautiful work, especially when ROTPL had only finished its first season 2/3 weeks before this sudden news. Revelation of its removal is frankly ridiculous, all things considered. Remember to Think Pink!

#SaveRiseOfThePinkLadies

(Edited for clerical error and additional information on 06/29/2023)

[someonetooksendnoodles]

i love how grease rotpl reads like SUCH a musical. the choreography and way they filmed it felt so reminiscent of the way one watches a musical and it made my heart swoon a bit. also the talent of this cast is INSANE. oh and how could i forget, poc leads...in the fifities...being the main focus of the show!!!!!!!

[libertyeveningsun]

Please sign this petition to #SaveWillow

Please sign this petition to #SaveRiseOfThePinkLadies

Willow started releasing episodes weekly in November, and at the end of May it was removed from Disney+. It no longer exists to stream legally. We are campaigning to bring back the show to legal streaming, but also to get the volume 2 and 3 Disney+ and Lucasfilm promised us. Willow is a sequel to the original 1988 movie of the same name, and perfectly keeps the same energy and feeling of the original. Willow is a fun but dramatic diverse fantasy and had an amazing main lesbian couple (with swords!). One of those lesbians is the first official lesbian Disney Princess!

Grease: Rise of the Pink Ladies starting releasing weekly episodes in April, and in late June it was announced that Parmount+ was not only cancelling the show but removing it from their platform on June 30. Paramount+ at least is willing to sell the show to a new platform, we are currently campaigning for another platform to purchase the show. ROTPL is a prequel to the original Grease movies, and tells the origin of the Pink Ladies gang. It's got fun and drama and it's a musical! It has a diverse cast of characters, and includes a lesbian romance (they're thespians for all the theatre nerds out there).

If you like sapphic stories in television, even if you didn't like the shows or haven't watched them, please consider signing the petitions to help us out, and use the official hashtags #SaveWillow and #SaveRiseOfThePinkLadies on all platforms (especially Twitter) to help boost awareness about our wonderful shows. And if you like musical lesbians, go stream "Crushing Me", "Merely Players" and "All In" from the Grease: Rise of the Pink Ladies soundtrack.

[nameless-formless-entity]

watching cynthia interact with the thespians is so funny to me as a stage manager/lighting tech doing theater in college. cause like. actors are so much /pos. last semester i was apsming a show and the director INSISTED that the stage management team participate in all the bonding games and exercises at the start of the production. and one of the exercises was the meisner exercise they’re doing in rotpl. and my (and the psm’s) reaction to it was “this is weird and very, very silly, why are we staring into each others eyes talking about our hair color.” and the cast was so into it.

like it’s so clear to me that all of these actors are just grown up theater kids (affectionate) and i’m just trying to imagine how god damn hilarious it was for ari to have to act like they were absolutely baffled by everything they’ve been surrounded by (presumably) a good chunk of their life. and nim had to be so god damn serious about a high school play and i just can’t. imagine being at your job and having to act like that person from high school.

also nancy’s line about not being an actor and not respecting the profession while thinking she’d be great at it sent me. because like. can you imagine being on a film set FULL of actors, including yourself, and having to say that completely deadpan. i honestly don’t know how tricia didn’t lose it entirely.