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Movie
description |
-Zac
Efron
-Micihelle
Pfeiffer
-John
Travolta
Originally
written
and
directed
by
filmmaker
John
Waters
in
1988,
and
then
put
on
Broadway,
the
camp
musical
HAIRSPRAY
could
easily
have
run
its
course
with
viewers.
But
thanks
to
playful
direction,
flashy
costumes,
over-the-top
performances,
and
a
positive
message
of
peace,
this
newest
spin
proves
to
be
yet
another
enjoyable
incarnation.
Set
in
1960s
Baltimore,
the
story
follows
a
plump
young
girl
named
Tracy
Turnblad
(played
by
impressive
newcomer
Nikki
Blonski)
on
an
amazing
journey
as
her
dream
of
dancing
on
the
popular
Corny
Collins
Show
becomes
a
reality.
The
local
television
program
is a
shiny
spectacle
spear-headed
by
Corny
Collins
(James
Marsden),
a
gang
of
young
dancers,
and
producer
Velma
Von
Tussle
(Michelle
Pfeiffer),
a
seductress
ice
queen
whose
manipulative
ways
ensure
her
daughter
Amber
(Brittany
Snow)
gets
more
than
her
fair
share
of
screen
time
as
one
of
the
show’s
stars.
When
Tracy
shows
up
at
an
open
call,
Velma
can
barely
contain
her
rage,
and
sets
out
to
rid
the
show
of
Tracy
and
the
talented
black
dancers
who
make
up
the
show’s
popular
"Negro
Day."
Thus
begins
a
war
of
talent
and
a
battle
for
justice,
with
those
in
favor
of
integration
meeting
many
obstacles
along
the
way.
While
less
out-there
than
Waters’s
original,
the
film
still
contains
some
very
quirky
humor.
John
Travolta
playing
Tracy’s
overweight
mother
may
seem
an
odd
concept
at
first,
but
in
this
context
it
works.
Scenes
that
would
ordinarily
be
cheesy
are
made
more
interesting
due
to
the
odd
dynamic
between
Christopher
Walken
and
John
Travolta
playing
man
and
wife.
As
the
two
dance
and
woo
one
another,
the
strange
smile
on
Travolta’s
lipsticked
lips
and
the
grace
of
Walken’s
dancing
will
be
sure
to
fascinate
viewers.
Viewers
should
also
watch
for
cameos
by
Ricki
Lake,
and
by
John
Waters
as a
Baltimore
streaker.
With
all
the
wacky
comedy,
it’s
often
easy
to
forget
that
the
meat
of
HAIRSPRAY
is a
battle
over
racial
integration.
The
film
manages
to
create
some
touching
moments
in
the
midst
of
sparkling
musical
numbers.
Rated
- PG
Portions
of
this
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1948-2006 Muze
Inc.
and
Muze
Europe
Ltd.
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