Hairspray
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Features
• Closed-captioned
• Color
• NTSC
In Theaters : 26 February, 1988
Video Release : 01 July, 1997 |
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Hairspray Customer Reviews
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Campy but still meaningful
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Make no mistake. This is not the current theatrical release. This version came out in 1988 while Sonny Bono still lived. And Divine was DIVINE as Tracy Turnblad's (Ricki Lake's) Mom. Do I like it better than the current release? I'll let you know when I see the new one. I like this version just fine.
Special kudos go to Divine as Ma Turnblad. I laughed every time I saw her on the scene. Deborah Harry as Velma Von Tussle was absolutely fabulous. I laughed so hard my sides ached.
But beneath that sixties glitz there was a deeper issue--segregation. "Hairspray" hammered the message home pretty hard, but they were right.
This film takes me back to the day. I wonder if every major market had a teen show back in the Sixties. In Oklahoma City, it was "The Scene" with Ronnie Kay. The kids were clean-cut, well-dressed, and the 'clean teen' image. I wondered why "Scene" didn't play the Motown that I enjoyed on the radio.
I got my answer from network TV. "American Bandstand" and "Soul Train." "Soul Train" got the spot nobody else seemed to want. As soon as I discovered it, I watched both shows--so I could hear a bit of both kinds of music I liked.
I'd like to think we've come a lot further than that now. Soul, R&B, rap, and hip hop have crossed the boundaries and I'm grateful to see it.
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