2007 Directed by Adam Shankman
Pleasantly plump teenager Tracy Turnblad auditions to be on Baltimore's most popular dance show - The Corny Collins Show - and lands a prime spot. Through her newfound fame, she becomes determined to help her friends and end the racial segregation that has been a staple of the show.
John Travolta Michelle Pfeiffer Christopher Walken James Marsden Queen Latifah Nikki Blonsky Zac Efron Amanda Bynes Elijah Kelley Brittany Snow Allison Janney Taylor Parks Jayne Eastwood Paul Dooley Jerry Stiller Darren Frost John Waters Joe Parro Nick Loren Bryan Hindle Sheldon Smith Greg Farkas Bruce McFee Christian Hagen John Andersen Neil Crone George King James Kirchner Brendan Wall Show All…
Marc Shaiman Craig Zadan Adam Shankman Jennifer Gibgot Toby Emmerich Garrett Grant Erik Holmberg Jody Levin Neil Meron Mark Kaufman Scott Wittman
恋爱大爆发, 髮膠明星夢, 发胶, ヘアスプレー, 헤어스프레이
here it is! the last indisputably good movie musical*. and i will PROVE IT!
the greatest showman (2017) was too concerned with visuals resulting in bad CGI. hairspray gives us campy yet authentic 1960s!
les miserables (2012) takes itself way too seriously. hairspray features lines like “i want that chubby communist girl off the show!” and has a whole song where tracy imagines her future with Link after two seconds of physical interaction
la la land (2016) has a disappointing ending! hairspray gives us YOU CANT STOP THE BEAT, which is not only the most exuberant piece of music ever composed, but also a GROUP NUMBER!
into the woods (2014) is overstuffed with a weird variety of actors, not including zac efron. hairspray is correctly stuffed with an EXCELLENT variety of actors, INCLUDING zac efron
a star is born (2018): sure it features Shangela, but where is john travolta?
*im not counting mamma mia or its sequel because they transcend the movie musical genre
when yr in middle school you wanna smooch zac efron. when you hit 18 you wanna get with james marsden. and when you’re in your twenties you can’t focus on anything BUT how much of an impression allison janney made with less than three minutes of screen time
racism is over,,,,,,,where are the chapters on tracy turnblad in american history books
• I want nothing but happiness and good fortune for Queen Latifah. What a pleasant surprise to see her in this. :)
• Bynes’ whole direction for this film was “you’re horny.” Always nice to watch hot people be horny for two hours, even when it’s tinged with “I got da chocolate fever!!” This movie walked so the infamous Drake tweet could run.
• Travolta is just doing a Mike Myers impression this whole time.
• The racial politics of this movie are not at all good, but I couldn’t find it as embarrassing as I would in a Green Book or a The Help, for some reason. Just thought it was funny how off the mark they were! I’m…
some of yall didnt have a thing for corny collins from the corny collins show and it shows
my whole experience with this movie is just me screaming at myself "babe this isn't a four star movie ... please ... just listen to what john trevolta did to the word 'pleats'" but then michelle pfeiffer PUTS ON THAT FUCKIN RED DRESS AND I WAKE UP AN HOUR LATER IN AN ALLEY WITH MY SHOES MISSING
the humans that dont enjoy musicals will be the first to go out in the next wave of natural selection
tag urself I'm Tracy getting hit in the face with a dodgeball while singing about Zac Efron
literally everything about this movie is perfection and i don’t wanna answer any questions about that statement
You know your film already interesting when you put John Travolta and Christopher Walken as a couple.
The casts are enjoyable to watch, so energetic that i need to hold myself together so i am not losing control.
Can't stop the beat.
Tracy Turnblad could singlehandedly give us world peace if we gave her the chance.
I went all in on this movie in 6th grade, in a weirdly obsessive way that I normally reserved for stuff like Star Wars or Pixar. I had the 2 disc special edition soundtrack that I MEMORIZED and everything, man. I guess I was glad to have a critically acclaimed film that felt very adult (movie’s horny as hell) that I was allowed to watch, and it’s very joyful and body positive at a time when lil emo me was not.
I hadn’t seen it in idk maybe ten years or so and I’m happy to report it still rules, even if the racial politics are... questionable lol. Everyone (I mean everyone) is super hot and having a great time.…
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