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Allhallowsday
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« on: May 05, 2021, 12:42:00 AM »
HAIRSPRAY (1988) - Watched all of it tonight on TCM.  I haven't looked at it in decades.  I do listen to the soundtrack - which are all old forgotten records that JOHN WATERS dusted off and had all these people dance to... the original movie is NOT the Broadway musical (which I saw and enjoyed!) but the same story.  And it is NOT that JOHN REVOLTS YA freak show movie.  The original has a great soundtrack...  Ridiculous constructs like a comic book and what a joyous message of acceptance!  The movie is a box of candy. 
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« Reply #1 on: May 05, 2021, 01:39:55 AM »
Can't say I am a big John Waters fan. Intentional camp never worked for me.
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« Reply #2 on: May 05, 2021, 06:00:04 PM »
i love the film i even met him in (1995) he was a nice guy i think one of the funniest things he ever said about hairspray was he accidently made a family film he didn't know how that happened and that it was never going to happen again
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« Reply #3 on: May 05, 2021, 10:34:47 PM »
It's a fantasy, kitschy, but nostalgic and fond and politically correct.  Unlike his previous films, this film is naive.  One of the funniest bits was JOHN WATERS as the "psychiatrist". 
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« Reply #4 on: May 05, 2021, 10:42:59 PM »
yeah but that's okay i love the music and the dancing too the 60's is my favorite era for music and has been even as a kid
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