History Film / GreasersPalace

* {{Satan}}: Supposedly, that's what Greaser's daughter, Cholera, symbolizes.

* EccentricTownsFolk: So much so, in fact, that Jessy is arguably the OnlySaneMan in this movie.

* UnfortunateNames: The entire Greaser family, including son Lamy Homo, daughter Cholera, and patriarch ''Seaweedhead''.

* OnlySaneMan: Jessy is easily the most normal character in the movie, being the only one to notice just how strange everything around him is. For perspective, ''he'' would be the "weird" guy if he were in any other film.

''Greaser's Palace'' is a 1972 B-grade "acid western" movie directed by Robert Downey, Sr. The movie is supposed to be an allegory of the story of Christ through the New Testament, starring Allan Arbus as the symbolic Christ, Jessy, who parachutes to earth, and is sent on a journey Jerusalem to become an actor/singer, as per the mission bestowed upon him by the Agent Morris. Also throughout the movie is the titular Greaser's Palace, a saloon of some kind, run by Seaweedhead Greaser, who is in a constant state of constipation, and has a son named Lamy, whom he believes is gay and keeps killing because of it, and a daughter named Cholera, who performs in a vampish manner at the Palace.

* TheCameo: Robert Downey, Jr. in his second film role as... what else... a boy who gets killed.

* WhereTheHellIsSpringfield: Jessy keeps telling people he's on his way to Jerusalem to become an actor/singer, but it's clear he's nowhere near the Holy Land. It's more clear he's wandering through the desert region of the continental U.S. (the movie itself was filmed in New Mexico).

** The first, and least-expanded upon, is a family of three is riding through the desert, when the husband and the son ([[CreatorCameo Robert Downey, Sr. and Jr. making cameos]]) are killed by when Indians start attacking their wagon with bows and arrows. The wife later buries her husband and son, and continues trekking through the desert herself, despite facing the obvious hardships such as grief, lack of nutrition, and also taking an arrow or too herself, until Jessy brings her back to health in the end for her to crucify him, bringing her husband and son back to life.

* FakeNationality: French actor Herve villechaize appears to be playing the part of a Mexican midget.

* SignificantMonogram: Variation: In the film Greaser's Palace, the character Jessy's name is often pronounced to sound like "JC." [[FauxSymbolism What do you mean it's not symbolic?]]
* ShootTheMoney: For a B-movie, it's actually subverted. The movie itself is still obviously rather cheaply filmed, but it did have a considerable budget of $1,000,000.

* HomoEroticSubtext: Galore in this movie. First of all, Greaser's son, Lamy (pronounced "Lay me", get it?) is continuously killed by his father over and over again for thinking he's gay, only for Jessy to bring him back to life each time. Lamy's description of the after life is always the same, "I was swimming through a rainbow, and there was all these babies, and they was all naked, and then I turned into a perfect smile"). At one point, a man dressed as a nun attempt to make out with Jessy after watching him dance on water. Later still, Jessy drops by a shack where a midget and his transvestite "wife" live... and they ''both'' hit on Jessy during his visit.

-->'''The movie's {{tagline}}, as well as a line from Jessy's big number'''

-->''"He's got the boogie in his fingers, and the hubba-hubba in his soul!''
-->'''The movie's tagline, as well as a line from Jessy's big number'''

'''''Greaser's Palace''''' is a 1972 B-grade "acid western" movie directed by Robert Downey, Sr. The movie is supposed to be an allegory of the story of Christ through the New Testament, starring Allan Arbus as the symbolic Christ, Jessy, who parachutes to earth, and is sent on a journey Jerusalem to become an actor/singer, as per the mission bestowed upon him by the Agent Morris. Also throughout the movie is the titular Greaser's Palace, a saloon of some kind, run by Seaweedhead Greaser, who is in a constant state of constipation, and has a son named Lamy, whom he believes is gay and keeps killing because of it, and a daughter named Cholera, who performs in a vampish manner at the Palace.

* HeyItsThatGuy:
** Yes, that's [[Series/{{Mash}} Sidney Freedman]] playing Jesus Christ.
** And that's also [[Series/{{Mash}} Father Mulcahy]] (from the pilot episode, not the rest of the series) as the man known as Coo Coo.
** [[FantasyIsland Tattoo]] and [[HomeAlone Old Man Marley]] are a gay couple trying to hit on Jessy.
** And that's Toni Basil you see as the topless and mute Indian princess.

* OnlySaneMan: Jessy is easily the most normal character in the movie, being the only one to notice just how strange everything around him is. For perspective, in any other movie, he would be considered the "weird" guy.

* FauxSymbolism: Pretty much what the whole movie is built around. In fact, just to run down the specifics (to the best anybody has been able to figure out):
** Jessy, as mentioned, is the symbolic Christ.
** Greaser's Palace is supposedly the symbolism of the Catholic Church, Seaweedhead Greaser himself supposedly God, and his daughter Cholera, supposedly the devil.
** There's also a "ghost" the Jessy encounters throughout the movie (really, just a man walking around in a sheet with holes cut for eyes, and a black derby), who symbolizes the Holy Spirit.
** As mentioned above, the whole movie itself is supposed to be an allegory of Christ in the New Testament; we see Jessy perform incredible feats, such as bringing dead people back to life, walking on water, and making a lame man... ''crawl'' again... turning him into something of a celebrity, as more and more spectators follow him on his journey to Jerusalem (to become an actor/singer). He's even crucified in the end... again, apparently.

* WhatDoYouMeanItWasntMadeOnDrugs: If you have trouble figuring the movie out, try reading summaries or reviews of it, ''then'' ask yourself this question.

* Satan: Supposedly, that's what Greaser's daughter, Cholera, symbolizes.

* WalkOnWater: Jessy. Remember, he's supposed to be Christ in this movie.

* HomoEroticSubtext: Galore in this movie. First of all, Greaser's son, Lamy (pronounced "Lay me", get it?) is continuously killed by his father over and over again for thinking he's gay, only for Jessy to bring him back to life each time. Lamy's description of the after life is always the same, "I was swimming through a rainbow, and there was all these babies, and they was all naked, and then I turned into a perfect smile"). Later still, Jessy drops by a shack where a midget and his transvestite "wife" live... and they ''both'' hit on Jessy during his visit.

** Yes, that's [[Series/{{Mash}} M*A*S*H Sidney Freedman]] playing Jesus Christ.
** And that's also [[Series/{{Mash}} M*A*S*H Father Mulcahy]] (from the pilot episode, not the rest of the series) as the man known as Coo Coo.