MOVIE · 1988
Hairspray
ComedyDramaFamilyMusicalRomance92 min
In 1962 Baltimore, Ricki Lake is Tracy Turnblad, a teenager who lands a spot on the local Corny Collins Dance Show and suddenly has a public platform far beyond her bedroom mirror. As Tracy chases the Miss Auto Show crown, she also starts pushing against the program’s segregated status quo, putting her on a collision course with rival Amber Von Tussle and Amber’s pro-segregation parents. John Waters turns the dance-show world into a bright, sharp backdrop for teen ambition, TV fame, and integration battles, with Divine and Sonny Bono among the adults crowding Tracy’s home life and the station’s politics.
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