If you haven't seen it, it's new to you...
(I posted this on my myspace blog last week, but added MP3s for your listening pleasure...)
Last week, my mom took me to see Hairspray and it was awesome for these reasons:
The 1988 version is the one movie I've seen more times then any other movie. In jr/high school, my friends used to come over and watch it and act out the lines and do the dances. My mom would watch it with us. When we met boys on the beach or something we'd tell them our names were Tracy Turnblad and Penny Pingleton. We found ways to incorporate lines from that flic in everyday situations. I derived my sense of style from this film, along with key aspects of my musical tastes (still play parts of the soundtrack in my DJ sets).
The first season of the Ricki Lake show - i was there front and center because I expected it to be like the movie. (hahaha)
I used to LOVE dance party usa for the sole purpose that it was MY Corny Collins show.
but Hairspray, along with being fun, and campy and hilarious, was totally positive with an amazing message.
The new one keeps the same vibe. The director was brilliant to put the John Waters cameo in the first 3 minutes, showing they had his blessing.
It's cleaned up a little bit and it much more of a musical than the original, but it's still campy and fun and hilarious and positive.
John Travolta has nothing on Divine, of course. His accent was irritating at best. Although he had the mannerisms down for the most part. And I haven'[t heard him sing since Grease, so that was a riot.
I haven't heard Michelle Pfeiffer sing since Grease 2 (I want a C-O-O-L... an R-I-D-E-R) but I have to give her props for nailing down Debbie Harry's character.
Queen Latifa was awesome as Motor Mouth Mabel.
and blah blah blah. I'm not a movie critic, so I'll stop myself. But it made me feel all fuzzy-like just like the original did, even after the 30th time I watched it.
I don't own it anymore. about 12 years ago, I traded my vhs for a copy of crybaby which i still have, so I think i'm going to watch that now.
I have a projector and a backyard just waiting to get all chocolate and peanut butter on each other. I was originally gonna do a grease 2 and eddie 2 double feature. Now I'm thinking twice.
Last week, my mom took me to see Hairspray and it was awesome for these reasons:
The 1988 version is the one movie I've seen more times then any other movie. In jr/high school, my friends used to come over and watch it and act out the lines and do the dances. My mom would watch it with us. When we met boys on the beach or something we'd tell them our names were Tracy Turnblad and Penny Pingleton. We found ways to incorporate lines from that flic in everyday situations. I derived my sense of style from this film, along with key aspects of my musical tastes (still play parts of the soundtrack in my DJ sets).
The first season of the Ricki Lake show - i was there front and center because I expected it to be like the movie. (hahaha)
I used to LOVE dance party usa for the sole purpose that it was MY Corny Collins show.
but Hairspray, along with being fun, and campy and hilarious, was totally positive with an amazing message.
The new one keeps the same vibe. The director was brilliant to put the John Waters cameo in the first 3 minutes, showing they had his blessing.
It's cleaned up a little bit and it much more of a musical than the original, but it's still campy and fun and hilarious and positive.
John Travolta has nothing on Divine, of course. His accent was irritating at best. Although he had the mannerisms down for the most part. And I haven'[t heard him sing since Grease, so that was a riot.
I haven't heard Michelle Pfeiffer sing since Grease 2 (I want a C-O-O-L... an R-I-D-E-R) but I have to give her props for nailing down Debbie Harry's character.
Queen Latifa was awesome as Motor Mouth Mabel.
and blah blah blah. I'm not a movie critic, so I'll stop myself. But it made me feel all fuzzy-like just like the original did, even after the 30th time I watched it.
I don't own it anymore. about 12 years ago, I traded my vhs for a copy of crybaby which i still have, so I think i'm going to watch that now.
I have a projector and a backyard just waiting to get all chocolate and peanut butter on each other. I was originally gonna do a grease 2 and eddie 2 double feature. Now I'm thinking twice.
posted by BAM! at
8/07/2007 04:29:00 PM
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