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Hairspray
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. From TMDB
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Hairspray is a 2007 comedy romance drama film, directed by Adam Shankman, starring Nikki Blonsky, John Travolta and Michelle Pfeiffer.
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60 of 218 · most liked firstCallista completely misunderstood the plot of the movie “Hairspray”
neutral · AI labelView post →When I first saw John Water’s “Hairspray” in 1888, 14 year old me felt the world of 1962 America in the movie, where mixed race dance shows were banned, felt like a very remote, very ancient, very ridiculous history. I couldn’t imagine we’d go so fucking backwards culturally four decades later.
positive · AI labelView post →"There are always fascists that we have to defeat, there’s always good music, there’s always prejudice... the problems that my movies address are always going to be there." John Waters talks with @willsloanesq.bsky.social as Desperate Living and Hairspray come to @criterion.bsky.social:
neutral · AI labelView post →"DUNE: PART TWO" will be released on 4K Ultra HD and Blu-ray on May 14, 2024.. Warner Bros. Home Entertainment has announced that it will release on 4K Blu-ray and Blu-ray Denis Villeneuve's *Dune: Part Two* (2024), starring Timothée Chalamet, Zendaya, Rebecca Ferguson, Josh Brolin, and Austin Butler. The two releases will be available for purchase on May 14. Description: Dune: Part Two explores the mythic journey of Paul Atreides as he unites with Chani and the Fremen while on a path of…
neutral · AI labelView post →"I am not afraid to throw my weight around, Pound by pound by pound" "Who wants a twig when you can climb the whole tree?" you're so real for that 2007 film adaptation of Hairspray
neutral · AI labelView post →“Hairspray was a sneak attack. I love The Battle of Algiers more than any movie, so I tried to put that together with The Wizard of Oz" oh i love that framing
neutral · AI labelView post →#ScavengerHunt2 #MusicChallenge Day 12 Something sticky Guess I still have hair on my brain: Hairspray (1988) - Rachel Sweet youtu.be/2vI3oIZu3-A?... From the original John Waters movie. Accept no substitutes! 😄
neutral · AI labelView post →Volunteering to help feed some unhoused neighbors & there’s an 12 year old boy here who just told me in MINUTE detail the difference between Hairspray on Broadway & the film, a group of alt parents (parents with tats), & one floppy haired stoner who keeps saying, “squash is a wack word.” Heaven.
neutral · AI labelView post →Four 📽 Faves: John Waters Birthday Edition: 4/22/46 Happy B-day to The Pope of Trash, The Prince of Puke, The Duke of Dirt, The Ayatollah of Assholes, The Anal Ambassador. Love Waters & his delightfully trashy take on cinema! 74 Female Trouble 81 Polyester 88 Hairspray 94 Serial Mom #filmsky 📽
neutral · AI labelView post →hiiii everyone it’s Nikki Bluesky from the movie Hairspray :)
neutral · AI labelView post →Happy Birthday to the one & only Deborah Harry, 7/1/1945. My queen, my icon. Rock on, Debbie! 🎤 Blondie was my bucket-list concert. 🎵 "Call Me" was my anthem. 📺 TV's WISEGUY role rocked my world. 🎥 And film roles in VIDEODROME & HAIRSPRAY are perfection. #filmsky 📽
neutral · AI labelView post →The John Waters/Divine movie Hairspray was released on this day- 26th February-in 1988. The original & best version imo. #FilmSky
positive · AI labelView post →Hairspray (2007) directed and choreographed by Adam Shankman with music by Marc Shaiman. Based on the 2002 stage musical by Mark O'Donnell and Thomas Meehan, which was based on John Waters's 1988 film.
neutral · AI labelView post →he wrote and directed the musical Hairspray and the movie Pink Flamingos. Both of which are worth it if you don't have a predisposition to hating campy, lgbtq+ or musicals.
neutral · AI labelView post →My comfort game is Skate 3 My comfort album is POST HUMAN: SURVIVAL HORROR My comfort movie is Hairspray (2007)
positive · AI labelView post →#BestSongHeardToday One of my favorite lines in the movie Hairspray was about Connie Francis and Shelley Fabares....of course both women are now gone. Instead of Johnny Angel I went with this song co-written by the late Neil Sedaka who died this past February. 🥹 www.youtube.com/watch?v=oRL9Ybk90zA
neutral · AI labelView post →The artwork I did in between storyboards of Tracy to go on whoopee cushions and things for the movie “Hairspray”
neutral · AI labelView post →Happy Birthday to the one & only Deborah Harry, 7/1/1945. My queen, my icon. Rock on, Debbie! 🎤 Blondie was my bucket-list concert. 🎵 "Call Me" was my anthem. 📺 TV's WISEGUY role rocked my world. 🎥 And film roles in VIDEODROME & HAIRSPRAY are perfection. #filmsky 📽
neutral · AI labelView post →I pitched HAIRSPRAY 2 and PINK FLAMING-ODIES. The Pope of Trash meets the Court Jester of Film Criticism.
neutral · AI labelView post →#MusicChallenge #USCityTunes Day 1 Baltimore This song is in John Waters' original Hairspray movie, which is set in Baltimore. So good. Both the song AND the movie! Nothing Takes the Place of You - Toussaint McCall youtu.be/h_qG3tJ7mEQ?...
positive · AI labelView post →Happy Birthday to Queer Figure John Waters 4/22/1946 filmmaker, actor, writer, artist. Rose to fame in the early 70s for his transgressive cult films, including Multiple Maniacs, Pink Flamingos & Female Trouble. He wrote/directed Hairspray,which was later adapted into a hit Broadway musical & film.
neutral · AI labelView post →Hey it’s Nikki from the movie HAIRSPRAY, I hope you’re having a good day
neutral · AI labelView post →Four 📽 Faves: John Waters Birthday Edition: 4/22/46. Happy B-day to The Pope of Trash, The Prince of Puke, The Duke of Dirt, The Ayatollah of Assholes,The Anal Ambassador. Love Waters & his delightfully trashy take on cinema! 74 Female Trouble 81 Polyester 88 Hairspray 94 Serial Mom #filmsky 🎥
neutral · AI labelView post →Trivia Part 2 Debbie Harry has maintained a prolific acting career spanning over 4 decades, with more than 50 film & TV credits. She has starred in films like David Cronenberg’s Videodrome & John Water’s Hairspray. I would have to say this is my favourite TV appearance - with Kermit the Frog.
neutral · AI labelView post →it wouldn’t be a queer film fest without John Waters and I went with the original Hairspray because it’s just perfect and honestly, Divine gives the performance of her career. ✨rent this masterpiece on iTunes or Prime or wherever you do that kinda thing!
positive · AI labelView post →nw Hairspray staring Nikki Blonsky from the movie Hairspray
neutral · AI labelView post →#JulyMovieChallenge #Moviesky #Filmsky Day 16 - Rebellious Teenager in a Movie Hairspray (1988) John Waters
neutral · AI labelView post →Going to see the Wicked movie again tomorrow! This will be time #5 and probably the last time I’ll see it in the movie theater. This is a big deal because it will become the film I’ve seen most in theaters finally beating out Hairspray (2007) at 4 viewings. #wickedmovie
positive · AI labelView post →Me: I'm going to watch a first time movie tonight Me, minutes later: But what if I watched Hairspray
neutral · AI labelView post →“Hey its Nikki Blonsky from the movie Hairspray”
neutral · AI labelView post →#MammaMia #MusicChallenge #MusicSky Mama I’m a Big Girl Now, “Hairspray” musical This clip is from the live TV production on 7 December, 2016. Based on the 1988 film by John Waters, the musical opened on Broadway in 2002 and won 8 Tony Awards. www.youtube.com/watch?v=vmlp...
neutral · AI labelView post →Hey it’s Nikki Blonsky from the movie Hairspray
neutral · AI labelView post →Hairspray (1988) is a gift to fat kids always being told they are worth less. This joyous film made me believe that I could be the obnoxious, self-righteous, talented beauty that I am today.
positive · AI labelView post →Italian movie poster for HAIRSPRAY (1988 - Dir. John Waters) Cast: Ricki Lake Divine, Sonny Bono, Jerry Stiller, Ruth Brown, Debbie Harry
neutral · AI labelView post →#EcksteinsMonthOfMusic #MusicChallenge #MusicSky Day 14 📽 A musical artist who has also acted in a film 👩🏼🎤 Deborah Harry 🎵 I Want That Man (1989) 💿 Def, Dumb & Blonde As seen in Videodrome, Hairspray, and that episode of the Muppets she's in.
neutral · AI labelView post →hey girl it’s Nikki BLONGKY from the movie Hairspray
neutral · AI labelView post →Okay, legit question for my musical lovers ... What musical did an adaptation better from a film to the stage? I have four I think worked way better in the stages context. Here are my four: Legally Blonde, Hairspray, Little Shop of Horrors (yes it's based on a 60s movie), and Beetlejuice.
neutral · AI labelView post →Paderborn: Hairspray Idk at this point my brain is fried. But Hairspray is a fun movie. My second favorite musical tbh. Whatever happened to Nikki Blonsky anyway. She got to go on a press tour with prime Zac Effron in 2007 as a plus size woman in 2007 and I KNOW that still makes people mad.
positive · AI labelView post →Showed my youngest Hairspray (2007) this evening, which is always a good time. I'm so glad this film solved American racism in 2007. Can you imagine what it would look like today if it hadn't?
neutral · AI labelView post →A *lotta* Hairspray is in this #BMovieManiacs
neutral · AI labelView post →#ShallWeDance2025 #newmusicchallenge #MusicChallenge 9/18 The Madison Time - Ray Bryant (1960) (also featured in the film Hairspray!)
neutral · AI labelView post →Anyway, I'm Nikki Blonsky from the movie Hairspray
neutral · AI labelView post →Today's first movie is Hairspray (1988) 🍿
neutral · AI labelView post →hey its Nikki Blonsky from the movie Hairspray
neutral · AI labelView post →I fear you entirely missed the point of Anora. That’s like calling Hairspray the segregation movie.
neutral · AI labelView post →the final count of Rio's movie poster stash is 102, including -American Gangster -Aqua Teen Hunger Force -Casino Royale -Eastern Promises -Hairspray -The Island -I Know Who Killed Me -Little Miss Sunshine -Munich -Remember Me -Silent Hill -Star Wars Episode III -Every Twilight except the first one
neutral · AI labelView post →10 non-horror movies to get to know me: O Brother, Where Art Thou? Clue Kung Fu Hustle The Court Jester Everything Everywhere All at Once Spirited Away Lord of the Rings (counts as one movie) Hairspray Airplane! Monty Python and the Quest for the Holy Grail
neutral · AI labelView post →#SeptemberMovieChallenge #MovieSky Day 17 - Protest in a Movie Hairspray (2007) Adam Shankman --Integration now!!!
neutral · AI labelView post →I am now watching the 2007 film Hairspray.
neutral · AI labelView post →Genuinely one of the BEST casting decisions ever made! #movie #Hairspray
positive · AI labelView post →Cult Film Pioneer 🌟 John Waters The cinema gods broke the mold when they created Waters - director, writer, actor - with Polyester ('81), Hairspray ('88), and Cry-Baby ('90). #cultfilms #LGBTQIA #filmsky #DEI #Birthday
neutral · AI labelView post →Last year's after Christmas dinner film for all the family was John Waters Hairspray. This year we're going with Car Wash.
neutral · AI labelView post →Bunker Hill’s music did find a new audience... “Hide & Go Seek” appeared in John Waters' 1988 film Hairspray. His recordings with Link Wray, especially “The Girl Can’t Dance,” have become classics among garage-rock enthusiasts. #LinkWray #OneHitWondered #MusicSky
neutral · AI labelView post →— Meet ur oomf !! • Name: tori • mbti/sign: isfp/cancer • Hobby: gaming, writing, photography • Birth flower: rose • Fav food: asian & italian • Fav animal: tigers • Comfort movie: SING (2016) & Hairspray (2007)
neutral · AI labelView post →When Trump speaks “You better brace yourselves for a whole lotta ugly coming at you from a never-ending parade of stupid". ~This line is spoken by Motormouth Maybelle in the 2007 film Hairspray.
neutral · AI labelView post →RuPaul's Drag Race [S16E07 - The Sound of Rusic] Post-episode discussion thread. This season’s Rusical is set high in the Swish Alps, as a young queen called Mariah goes in search of a musical outlet for her inner freak. Legendary director Adam Shankman (Hairspray) guest judges.
neutral · AI labelView post →hey Chad it’s me Nikki Blonsky from the movie Hairspray
neutral · AI labelView post →Share a movie with an awesome dance scene 💃🏼🪩🕺 Hairspray (2007). Most of them are fantastically choreographed.
positive · AI labelView post →Hairspray💃🕺 based on the 2002 stage musical based on John Waters's 1988 film 20 Jul 2007 #FilmSky🎞️
neutral · AI labelView post →#moviesky #30dayfilmchallenge 24 It's difficult not to laugh at any John Waters film, but he honed his style for everyone with 'Hairspray' 1988. A fun romp thru the 60s with music, antiheros, and uncommon guest stars.
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