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The re-release of the movie, “Grease” in “Sing-A-Long” version this month has reminded me of something a parent recounted to me not long ago: She’d been all excited about showing her kids the original “Grease” but when she watched it with them, she was embarrassed that she’d forgotten about all the sexual references. Oops. You can bet with the song lyrics now plastered onto it, it’s going to be even more embarrassing for forgetful parents! J I’m tellin’ ya, even old movies need to be Googled or looked up on rating sites like CommonSenseMedia.org for a quick refresher if you’re planning to enjoy them with kids. Most adults I know have such bad “movie amnesia”, myself included, that it’s ridiculous when we think we “know it all”. We have good feelings about a movie we think we saw as kids so we’re all excited about sharing it with our own children—only to be caught off guard.
I won’t forget how, in the summer of 2006, I rented “The Goonies”, sight unseen, to watch with my daughters, then aged 7 and 11. I’d never rented it or seen it at the theatres, but so many people had told me it was their favorite movie of all time from childhood so I thought it couldn’t be that bad. It turned out to be a definitely uncomfortable watch for me. Way too much bad language, in my opinion, and a reference to sexual torture devices (by the infamous Corey Feldman) within the first 15 minutes, as well as penis jokes. At least I used the movie as an opportunity to talk to them about unnecessary language in movies. Then I looked at the release date: 1985. I was 24 years old and one year out of college when that movie came out, as were many of those people who told me they’d loved it in their childhood. Yeah, right.
Uh well-a, well-a, well-a, huh!
Tell me more, tell me more, did you squirm in your seat?
Tell me more, tell me more, was your face like a beet?
Uh huh, uh huh, uh huh, uh huh…
(Continued at http://uncoolmom.com/2010/07/16/parents-and-movies-hopelessly-forgetful.aspx, with more tales of movie amnesia, and more singalongs.)
