There are Worse things I Could Do...

Background:

Grease the original high school musical so to speak. The story of two teenagers Sandy (a goody two shoes, Austrian transfer) and Danny ( a smooth talking bad boy who is the leader of the T-Birds)trying to break Rydell’s high school status quota and association of friends so that they can finally be together.  Like any high school there are the social clicks, in Grease there are two main clicks the T-Birds and the Pink Ladies. Both known for the bad reputations and association with each other. A member of the pink ladies Rizzo is the tough one of the group drawn to boys. After she skips a period she believes she might be possibly be pregnant. As she confides in her friend rumor gets around until it reaches Kenickie right hand man of Danny and the T-Bird crew. When he confronts Rizzo about helping her she bluffs him off, claiming he is not the father which is a lie. After that conversation she does her best to avoid Kenickie at all costs trying to hide her feelings towards him. After over hearing girls gossip about her reputation of being a bad girl, she begins to think about her situation as she sings “There Are Worse Things I Could Do.”

"There are worse things I could do
Than go with a boy or two
Even though the neighborhood
Thinks I'm trashy and no good
I suppose it could be true
But there are worse things I could do

I could flirt with all the guys
Smile at them and bat my eyes
Press against them when we dance
Make them think they stand a chance
Then refuse to see it through
That's a thing I'd never do

I could stay home every night
Wait around for mister right
Take cold showers everyday
And throw my life away
On a dream that won't come true

I could hurt someone like me
Out of spite or jealousy
I don't steal and I don't lie
But I can feel and I can cry
A fact I'll bet you never knew
But to cry in front of you
That's the worst thing I could do"

Dilemma:

Rizzo scared of being pregnant begins to sing about her so called reputation of being a bad girl. She begins to say there are worse things she could do like flirt with boys and tease them or waste her life wishing for a perfect guy. Rizzo goes on to say “I could hurt someone like me out of spite or jealousy. I don’t steal and I don’t lie but I can cry. A fact I’ll bet you never knew, but to cry in front of you that’s the worst thing I could do.” These lines refer to breaking down with emotions in front of the one she loves Kenickie. How often do we hide the feelings from the ones we secretly love? So often we pretend we have no emotion and that nothing bothers us, but on the inside we are desperately hurting. Instead of expressing how we feel towards that person or situation we commit foolish acts. An example would be telling them we don’t care or that everything is ok.