Talk:Hairspray (1988 film)/Archive 1

Miss Auto Show 1962
I thought it was Miss Hairspray 62, wasn't it? MichiganHottay14 (talk) 21:33, 16 March 2008 (UTC)

The film is set in 1962, but Tracy and Amber compete for the title of Miss Auto Show 1963. I would happily watch the 1988 version of Hairspray a dozen times to clear up any facts &mdash; I'd rather watch Divine than John Travolta smarming his way through a film (tho' I gotta admit, Travolta does a pretty good Baltimore accent). Kinkyturnip (talk) 03:50, 30 April 2008 (UTC)

No subject
i marked it for deletion because it is empty and redundant, since there is already an entry for hairspray (movie)

= merge ==guhjkgjjhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

Headline text
Tracy Turnblad should be merged here. &mdash;Quarl (talk) 2006-01-19 09:04Z 


 * agree --geekyßroad 02:10, 1 February 2006 (UTC)

I agree


 * agree --BDrischBDemented 22:18, 25 April 2006 (UTC)

I agree too


 * agree kju 12:53, 22 July 2006 (UTC)


 * agree - adding to my TODO list Zena Dhark …·°º•ø®@» 07:15, 12 September 2006 (UTC)

"Tracy Turnblad" is a character in the whole series - broadway, canadian stage, film, film of musical - not just in the film.Lisamh 01:08, 24 September 2006 (UTC)

'''Discussion closed. Consensus was MERGE.''' Let me know if anything else needs to be merged. --Chris Griswold (  ☎  ☓  ) 07:27, 26 November 2006 (UTC)

Merge
So, according to the discussion last month, the article was supposed to be merged, but the independent article of Tracy Turnblad still exists. As for merging this article.. NAY   She was a character in the films, shows, and plays, so, she shouldn't just be in the  "film" section —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Charlesblack (talk • contribs) 16:30, 16 December 2006 (UTC).

DIS-AGREE

Hairspray (1988 film)?
Should we be renaming this article in light of the already-existent Hairspray (2007 film)? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Planetneutral (talk • contribs) 03:50, 15 January 2007 (UTC).

--Doing that, in accordance with the usual movie policy. --AEMoreira042281 17:31, 26 April 2007 (UTC)

Copying
Has anyone noticed that this and the Hairspray (2007 film) article have a lot of excact wording?- Jetset59 10:15 22 June 2007 (UTC)

tone
the plot summary is worded in a style unfitting for an encyclopedia, almost an advertisement


 * I totally agree. I almost thought I was reading the back of the VHS.  This needs to be changed, as does the Hairspray (2007 film) article.  Brash 08:04, 3 July 2007 (UTC)


 * I agree. Along those lines, the summary ends very abruptly, in the middle of the story.Itsmeiam 06:36, 5 July 2007 (UTC)

lol.
 * More important, it is a blantant copyright violation ( and ). I reverted to an earlier version. AxelBoldt 02:26, 21 July 2007 (UTC)

Working title
White Lipstick is the working title for this film. It should only be mentioned in the "Trivia" section. --PJ Pete

Remark in lead
In my last edit, I accidentally hit 'submit' before I was finished typing my edit summary. John Waters' early films were rated X. I have to clarify this because someone keeps changing the lead to read 'NC-17' — while it is true that those films have been re-rated NC-17 in recent years, the NC-17 rating did not exist until the 1990s. When they were originally released theatrically, they had an X rating. I cannot understand why someone would repeatedly add wrong information like that. (Ibaranoff24 20:38, 14 October 2007 (UTC))

Hairspray (2007 film) peer review
I just thought I would say that Hairspray (2007 film) is currently undergoing a peer review in hopes of further improving the article. Seeing as the two films are somewhat related, I thought I would post here to let regular editors of this article know that any contributions they could make would be more than welcome. Thanks! —Mears man (talk) 04:25, 26 November 2007 (UTC)

Fair use rationale for Image:Hairsprayfilm.jpg
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BetacommandBot (talk) 22:32, 13 February 2008 (UTC)

Please keep plot summary brief
A plot summary should be just that &mdash; a brief synposis of the film. If people want to know every friggin' detail, they'll watch the film. Our job as Wikis is to briefly describe major plotlines, leaving out minor details.

For some reason, this section seems to attract cluttered, unfocused writing. If you can improve this section, have at it. But if you're going to gab about the film like you were a teenage character in the film, pester your friends with every piddly detail &mdash; this ain't the forum for it. I've reverted to a brief, succinct plot summary twice, and I'll keep reverting unless someone can improve, not dilute and destroy, what appears in the plot summary. Kinkyturnip (talk) 05:00, 5 May 2008 (UTC)

Hairspray 1988 vs. Hairspray 2007
--Georgene01 04:51, 26 March 2009 (UTC)    My issue with Hairspray (both 1988 & 2007) is it's relationship with actual events that happened and was the inspiration for both. I grew up in Philadelphia, PA. I was 6 yrs. old in 1962. I do remember seeing the signs on the public buses "colored people to the back of the bus". But, I also remember that they were already riding in the front of the bus because many sat next to me. I went to Harrington Elementary school. I was second of only 2 white kids in the whole school. I'm not exactly sure, but; I believe that the buses in Philly were already desegregated. Was there someone like Tracy Turnblad in Maryland who helped contribute to the desegradation of teenagers dancing on a show like the Corny Collins Show? The movie in 1988 appears to have a few more personal facts about Tracy, Penny Pingleton, Penny having difficulties getting acceptance from her parents with regard to having a black boyfriend at that time. I actually had a "black boyfriend whose 1st name was Dougy. When I told my parents about it, they went into the statement of "each should seek out his own kind" from the Bible.  There was even a meeting at Dougy's home with his parents and mine all agreeing that Dougy and I should be "Good Friends Only".     Growing up where I did, gave me a unique perspective re black people.  My best friend was Corine Daniel Sutton.  Her place was almost like a 2nd home for me.  I stayed at her place when my mother could not take me with her. She and I did the I am me and you are you talk and our appearance.  I was a pinky and she was a brownie.  But, our relationship as best friends was permanent. But that still did not stop us from being friends up to and including 1972.  When my family moved away to another area of Philly where there were only a few black kids in the school.  At Bustleton Elementary School in 1965, it was considered a very progressional school. There were absolutely no restrictions anywhere...but, I think covert red-lining for housing was alive and strong. In the 2007 version, Tracy tapped the head of a police officer with a piece of cardboard on a piece of stick. Tracy became a wanted fugitive while exagerations of her action making it sound like she "hit him with a crow-bar". In the 1988 version, she first went to detention and then to juvenial school for bad kids. And Maybelle and her daughter went as far as going to the home of the mayor or senator to get a pardon; holding him hostage until the pardon was granted. Did something like that actually happen? Baltimore, Maryland was made to be a small sleepy city. A bit slow in it's segregation practices. When Seaweed talked, he sounded like a well educated young man. While Amber could not tell the difference of the word turpetude and turpentine. After that, the idea of Amber tutoring Tracy was a backwards thought. And Tracy taking part in the walk on WZYT and well as instigating the idea of the walk on the television station. The two versions of the movie also shows that there were some white people who not only initiated the idea of desegration but also participated in those events designed to "make tomorrow better" in Tracy's own words. I do know that most movies and rumors have their basis in fact. I would just like to know which of the two movies were closest to the truth of what actually happened. Is there anyone out there who knows more about this than I do?Georgene01 04:51, 26 March 2009 (UTC)signed by Brenda G Oliver--Georgene01 04:51, 26 March 2009 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Georgene01 (talk • contribs)

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"dance film" -> "dance in film"
"Hairspray is a 1988 American dance comedy film" - "dance film" as defined in Wikipedia doesn't apply to Hairspray. I changed the wikilink to dance in film, where it's actually listed under "Movies with memorable dance scenes" (though it should be in the "Movies with plot based on dance#Other" section IMO). Fishlandia (talk) 10:39, 24 January 2018 (UTC)

Dance movie?
John Waters himself calls the original Hairspray a "dance movie" and not a musical. He affirms that his musical was Cry-Baby (1990).

Is this worthy to be mentioned in the opening description? I think calling Hairspray simply a comedy is selling it a little short when the film's own director did not view as such. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 108.161.218.50 (talk) 16:44, 2 February 2022 (UTC)