Cinema: Vroomy Movie

GREASED LIGHTNING Directed by Michael Schultz Screenplay by Kenneth Vose, Lawrence Du Kore, Melvin Van Peebles and Leon Capetanos

Greased Lightning purports to be the biography of Wendell Scott, who may be described loosely as the Jackie Robinson of auto racing—the first black man to cross the color line in his sport. One says "purports" because it is almost impossible to believe that any real life could so unerringly follow the classic lines of so many biopix past. The cheerfully determined young man struggling to support his family while trying to fulfill his...

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