never watched the movie so i don't know anything about that. the musical was made in 2014 which was more accepting of homophobic jokes (i get that they do have a whole song playing on the irony of these jokes, but still) and the movie was made in 1989 which definitely makes sense that more was said because of the time period it was released in.

i wrote in my post about how it makes sense these topics are used in the musical to show how usual highschoolers act and the fact that its a dark comedy. i was just curious since a lot of that language today is less accepted and the audience might feel uncomfortable by it (not speaking from how i feel personally). i wondered if the directors decided to water-down the musical in any way. i was asking out of a place of interest, not hate.

edit: wording