In fact, greasers started in the Latinx community. Showcasing the diversity of the new characters was just as crucial because research proved demographics were very diverse in southern California high schools during the 1950s. That interested Annabel and that’s the story she wanted to tell.” (Note: Oakes did not participate in the conversation due to the ongoing Writers Guild of America strike.) It reached like numbers of 50 at one high school. “She did some research and it turns out the Pink Lady existed in the 1950s and they were an actual girl gang.
“But then a couple of days later, and Annabel tells this story a lot, she started to wonder if there were Pink Ladies,” says Jones. According to Jones, Oakes was skeptical of expanding the story from the 1978 film.
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Set four years before Rizzo becomes the ring leader of Rydell High’s all-girl clique, the series is a love letter to the real-life Pink Ladies discovered by Oakes. He, along with the creative team behind the new series, director and executive producer Alethea Jones, choreographer Jamal Sims, costume designer Samantha Hawkins and co-casting director Leigh Ann Smith gathered for a THR Presents panel, powered by Vision Media. "I Never Want to See a Horse Walking": 'THR Presents' Q&A With the Cast of '1923'
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