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Summary: This is one of my favorites.
Review: I've watched this movie over and over and I still love it. As a native Baltimorean of the '60s, I could identify with the schools, the dance show program and neighborhoods. It was fun taking a trip back to the past. I particularly enjoyed the music. I highly recommend this film.
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Summary: Deborah Harry is the greatest!
Review: I can remember seeing this movie when it was released in theaters, and I just watched it again on video. Deborah Harry is the greatest! I almost fell off my butt when she said, "Is your daughter mulatto?"
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Summary: I know all the steps!
Review: It's been my favourite movie for as long as i can remember. whenever i watch the movie, i get up and dance to all the songs and have a wide time. it says alot about life but it's really enjoying movie. a great fun-loving family movie that everyone's bound to enjoy. by the end, everyone will be up dancing to "The Bug" and laughing at Ricki Lake's bug dress
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Summary: This is John Waters's best
Review: I loved this movie since I was a girl.This film came out when I was 9 years old and let me tell you...I wanted to be Tracy Turnblad and have Divine as my mother!!! It is so cool. I just wish Tracy would have kicked that little snot Amber's butt!!! Cool performance by Deborah Harry!!!! Now its time for you know what......
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Summary: Excellent Movie!!
Review: This movie has eveything comedy, drama, love, prejudice, and hate. I loved the movie because it was heart-warming. I watch it over and over. This is a classic to be treasured.
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Summary: No. 1 movie for me!
Review: "Hairspray" is one good movie! It gives kids a chance to look at the goofy side of the 60's, but also deals with real issues for that time, racism. As the saying goes, good wins over evil! This is a good movie for anytime, anyplace!
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Summary: Makes you wanna dance, dance, dance!
Review: This movie is a true classic! It's fun, it's hip, and its sure is funny
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Summary: Extremely Funny View of the 60's
Review: Loved it!! this movie is a parody of the Buddy Dean show in Baltimore and the integration of Gwinn Oak Park. Everything about it was so funny, including the compulsive use of hairspray -- and the cultural transition from teased hair to ironed hair -- and the use of diet pills for weight loss -- AND early interracial relations. Great movie!!!
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Summary: Bonafide Cult Classic!
Review: "Hairspray," marks the mainstream feature film debut of Baltimore, Maryland's most eccentric film director, John Waters. Incorporating his hometown and his love of sixties tunes, "Hairspray" chronicles the rise of a chubby Baltimore teenager (Ricki Lake in her film debut) as she rises to the top of a local dance show. Being the underdog in this movie, Lake's performance as Tracy Turnblad is classic and her rise to the top makes this one of the feel-good movies in recent years.On the way to the top, Tracy faces fierce competition from snobbish Amber Von Tussel and her racist, conservative parents (played by Deborah Harry and the late Sonny Bono). Faced with a growing demand to intergrate the show, the movie takes place in a major era in American history as the Civil Rights movement is starting to take form. In comparison with his other films, I feel this is Water's best work. He truly has made Tracy Turnblad somewhat of an antihero due to the fact of her weight and social background, but it works perfectly. At the end of this movie everyone will be screaming the words "Free Tracy Turnblad!" over and over again (surprsingly, that line has become a major pop-culture line on many college campuses throughout the United State). Supporting actors such as Divine, Jerry Stiller, Ruth Brown, Pia Zadora, Rick Ocasek, and Michael St. Gerard (Doesn't he look like Elvis?) bring life to this film and the film's style, costumes, and soundtrack will give many a feeling for 1960's nolstagia. In conclusion, this film should become an addition to anyone's video library. I can't wait for the DVD version to come out. Until then, buy it! You won't be disappointed.
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Summary: 'Hairspray' full of tawdry, tacky fun
Review: John Waters' first real attempt at "mainstream" fun is a trashy and critically-acclaimed delight. Set in (where else?) Baltimore during the Civil Rights era, Hairspray is chock-full of stars, mini-stars, and people who just wanna give it a go at being a star. The story follows young Tracy Turnblad (pre-talk show Ricki Lake) on her rise to being "big, blonde, and beautiful" on a popular teenage dance show. Along the way, however, she runs into some friction from high school brat Amber Von Tussle (Colleen Fitzpatrick, also known as pop star Vitamin C) and her parents, a racial obscenity-spouting mother (Debbie Harry) and a slick politician papa (Sonny Bono). Add in growing discontentment among the city's black populace over whites-only establishments, and you have an explosive mix made even more explosive by how off-the-wall it becomes. Dance enthusiasts will appreciate the film for its selection of early 60s fad dances like the Mashed Potato and the Madison. Offbeat and fun, Hairspray also has an excellent soundtrack with some obscure songs you'll be hard-pressed to find in another compilation.
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