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VIDEO: Olivia Newton John Weighs In On Bizarre GREASE Fan Theory: 'I Found It Hilarious!'

By: Sep. 14, 2016
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Last week, BWW shared a three-year old fan conspiracy theory regarding the ending of the 1978 film GREASE. According to the original Reddit thread, the user cites the lyrics to the film's opening number, "Summer Nights," in which Danny (played by John Travolta) boasts to his buddies that when he first met Sandy (played by Olivia Newton John) he "saved her life, she nearly drowned." According to the bizarre interpretation, Sandy did not actually survive on the beach the day of their initial encounter. The theory goes, "As she drowned, her brain deprived of oxygen, she had a vivid coma fantasy involving her summer fling Danny, where they shared a magical year of high school together."

In addition, the theory offers that the film's final scene, which sees Sandy and Danny defying the laws of gravity with their flying car, is really symbolic of Sandy making her ascent into heaven.

Appearing on Network Ten's THE PROJECT yesterday, actress Olivia Newton John weighed in on the bizarre theory, sharing that she was quite amused by it. "I found it hilarious, so hilarious, that anyone could even conceive of such an idea" said the 67-year-old. "But I thought, if that's true, we were the first zombie musical! I think we look pretty good considering!"

Following the resurfacing of the theory last week, Jim Jacobs, who wrote the original GREASE book and musical with WarRen Casey, spoke to TMZ about the rumor and suggested that whomever thought up the idea "must have been on acid." Regarding the film's final scene, Jacobs confirms that "Sandy was very much alive."

Asked yesterday by THE PROJECT host Waleed Aly whether she thought flying up into the air in a car was a bit of a strange way to end the musical, Newton John responded, 'I wondered what it was about but I didn't question it. 'It kept people interested!'




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