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This paper compares actor John Travolta through his roles in the movies Saturday Night Fever and Grease during the late 1970s and Pulp Fiction, which was released during the mid-1990s.
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became the darling and obsession of every prepubescent girl. As a result, those in the know decided that Travolta might translate well into celluloid. Travoltas love affair with his public
continued during the late 1970s, with his starring role as Tony Manero in the then-current disco movie Saturday Night Fever, and as Danny Zuko in the 1950s-located Grease, in which
he starred with then-emerging singer Olivia Newton-John. However, during the 1980s, the honeymoon was over - even though Travolta continued to make movies (such as Stayin Alive, Urban Cowboy and
Boy in the Bubble, one of which was panned and two of which were critically acclaimed), he didnt excite the critics again until showing up in Quentin Tarantinos odd-ball movie
Pulp Fiction, which was released in 1994. In that movie, Travolta won critical raves for his portrayal of Vincent Vega, a coked-up hit man whose memorable scenes included one of
snatching the overdosing Uma Thurman from the jaws of a potential death by overdose by pounding a needle of adrenaline in her chest. More importantly for Travolta, the role led
to other, meatier films, which has ultimately converted the former teen idol and heartthrob into a well-respected and well-regarded actor. By the
time Travolta began doing the leaps and pirouettes on the flashing dance floor in Saturday Night Fever, he was already a veteran actor. He entered acting in 1966 and, just
five years later, at the age of 21, was cast as a misfit "Sweat Hog" in Welcome Back Kotter, the story of teacher Gabe Kotter who returns back to the
school where he was once a delinquent student. The teacher, in a sense of irony, finds himself teaching the same class of delinquents that he was once in, led by
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