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Greaser (subculture) North American greaser of Quebec, Canada, c. 1960. Greasers are a youth subculture that emerged in the 1950s and early 1960s from predominantly working class and lower-class teenagers and young adults in the United States and Canada. The subculture remained prominent into the mid-1960s and was particularly embraced by ...
Grease is a musical with music, lyrics, and a book by Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey. Named after the 1950s United States working-class youth subculture known as greasers and set in 1959 at the fictional Rydell High School in Northwest Chicago [ 1 ] (based on Taft High School in Chicago, Illinois, [ 2 ] and named after rock singer Bobby Rydell [ 3 ...
The Outsiders is a coming-of-age novel by S.E. Hinton published in 1967 by Viking Press.The book details the conflict between two rival gangs of White Americans divided by their socioeconomic status: the working-class "Greasers" and the upper-middle-class "Socs" (pronounced / ˈ s oʊ ʃ ɪ z / —short for Socials).
In one bravura sequence towards the end of the show, Taymor stages a fierce clash between the Socs and the Greasers. Rain beats down and dirt flies as the two sides clash, while the lights flash ...
Rocker (subculture) Three rockers on Chelsea Bridge. Rockers (also known as leather boys[1] or ton-up boys[2]) are members or followers of a biker subculture that originated in the United Kingdom during the late 1950s and was popular in the 1960s. It was mainly centred on motorcycles and rock 'n' roll music. By 1965, the term greaser had also ...
Ponyboy’s friendship with fellow Greaser Johnny is a key factor in the novel. On stage, Grant’s bond with costar Sky Lakota-Lynch is palpable. Sky Lakota-Lynch and Brody Grant.
The Outsiders is a 2023 musical with music and lyrics by Jonathan Clay and Zach Chance from the folk rock band Jamestown Revival alongside Justin Levine and a book by Adam Rapp and Levine. [1][2] It is based on The Outsiders, first published in 1967 and written by S. E. Hinton, and on its 1983 film adaptation written by Kathleen Rowell and ...
Greaser was a derogatory term for a Mexican in what is now the U.S. Southwest in the 19th century. The slur likely derived from what was considered one of the lowliest occupations typically held by Mexicans, the greasing of the axles of wagons; they also greased animal hides that were taken to California where Mexicans loaded them onto clipper ships (a greaser).