We Claim Sandy As Ours

Olivia Newton John was never ours to claim, and yet we did. Because she became ours when she starred in our musical, Grease An all American film, so it made sense to us. Sandy, girl next door. The whole cast was magic; this black-leathered jacket teen musical. Reminding us of West Side Story, but less ethnic. All-American, which is why we had to claim Sandy as USA born. We knew better, and yet, forty-four years later, we still do it. This is how arrogant we are, snatching and claiming those we love. Like Princess Diana, who was certainly never an American. And yet we brazenly fell in love with her too, thinking she was.