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Hairspray may refer to:Hair spray, a personal grooming product that keeps hair protected from humidity and wind Hairspray , a film by John Waters Hairspray , the film's soundtrack album Hairspray (musical), a stage musical based on the original film Hairspray , the musical's cast album Hairspray Live!, a live television musical version of the stage musical Hairspray , a film based on the musical Hairspray , the…
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Source How's it going, community? Here I am again for the second time this week, and this time I'm going to talk about another musical that has a slightly different origin, since it's not an adaptation of a musical, but rather a film released in 1988 that was adapted into a Broadway musical and then adapted into another film released in 2007. I've been really curious about this movie for a long time, and I finally g…
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One of the strengths of Hollywood is its ability to build on its own legacy, even if it does so in a roundabout way. An example can be provided by *Hairspray*, the 1988 period comedy directed by John Waters. Despite being the least transgressive and most mainstream of all films in Waters' career, *Hairspray* managed to obtain cult status. In 2002, this cult status turned into a popular, Tony-awarded Broadway musical…More
There are cult films and there are cult films that reach top levels of cultness. Among the latter belongs *Hairspray*, 1988 period comedy directed by John Waters, which is, ironically, the most commercially successful and most mainstream title in the filmography of a director known for campiness and transgressive content in his filmography. Like many of Waters’ films, plot takes place in his native Baltimore. The ye…More