is the original HAIRSPRAY (1988) as good as the remake??

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[@time9293]

This is a much better intro to John Waters than Pink Flamingos. Pink Flamingos would’ve broken her.

[@XFLexiconMatt]

Agreed, Pink Flamingos is a real limitus test. 😂

[@davidcann2405]

About 35 years ago I made the mistake of taking a date to see Pink Flamingos...there was not a second date.

[@Mazrick78]

@@davidcann2405 24 years ago I took a date to see Pink Flamingos . . . she's now my wife.

[@victoriadavislg]

Seriously lol it’s an insane movie the whole time is a wtf is going on

[@terrelgeer7298]

Yes. We cannot let this sweet woman watch Pink Flamingoes.

[@andrewcorbin1500]

Velma is played by Debbie Harry, the lead singer of the rock band Blondie

[@nocarbonfootprint9120]

❤

[@slgmomma]

Amber is played by what we know as the singer Vitamin C

[@MrSmartAlec]

And Daddy is Sonny Bono of Sonny and Cher fame.

[@LupitaLaChona]

Cool, didn’t realize it was her

[@corbelius6]

A True Icon. I think she is credited for the first Rap on MTV.

[@mrkrinkle72]

John Waters is a national treasure!

[@marcofalzone6469]

@@mrkrinkle72 I wouldn't agree with that...but as a filmmaker and social provacatuer Waters is definitely a grand poobah!

[@wendybrackett2131]

As a Baltimore native, I can tell you that John Waters is a Baltimore treasure. Now you need to watch Cry Baby and Serial Mom!

[@gabrielledarwin1158]

I love Cry Baby... young Johnny Depp in a leather jacket on a motorcycle 😏😉

[@StubbyLegz]

@@wendybrackett2131 omg Serial Mom is so underrated 😂

[@NikkieTwix]

Yes! Cry Baby is even better than this imo, although I do love this movie too

[@lmalcangi]

Cry Baby is right up your alley if you enjoyed this. Johnny Depp is well cast and it has Iggy Pop playing his dad lol

[@Godless_Guru]

Oh yeah! She's gonna love cry baby!

[@papa_xan]

"is the original HAIRSPRAY (1988) as good as the remake??" Yes, better in fact.

[@JasenKiefer]

strongly disagree. love both but I like the musical remake better

[@AbbaLeStrange]

100% agree, the original is WAY better then the musical.

[@RebelLeigh]

I love the remake as a musical, but the original has my heart ❤️

[@musicdaydreams2506]

I agree 100%. I tried to watch the musical but I couldn’t even finish it. I wonder if most people prefer the version they saw first.

[@pamelawilliams3144]

Hard to compare really, theyre both their own thing

[@rbyapok9158]

Just before winning the Tony for Best Musical on Broadway, John Waters said "The real reason I'm praying that Hairspray succeeds is that if it's a hit, there will be high school productions, and finally the fat girl and the drag queen will get the starring parts."

[@lorettabes4553]

Omg that is so precious

[@james.b.mcgill]

"High yellow" is an extremely light skin black person. In context of its use in the movie, the character that said it is implying that the person might be trying to pass for white but secretly be black. At the time, in America, that was a crime. It's often referred to as "passing".

[@audraross3012]

It's good Ashleigh you haven't even heard the terms high yellow or mulatto in terms of biracial or mixed race people, esp with your accent sounding like you're in the south too. I grew up in PA and knew these terms. We have made progress in a generation. Also it was totally normal to use the r-word for intellectually disabled kids in the 1980s - even professionals used it. It started becoming pejorative after that.

[@andrewjones9991]

I was going to comment this. She didn't know what mulatto meant either. It's important to know our past so we don't repeat it but I guess the positive thing is she isn't hearing it.

[@JadenJewel18]

I was about to say this too. Being biracial (black and white), luckily I wasn’t called “high yellow” in the 90s as a kid or “mulatto”. But I knew exactly what those words meant at a young age in case someone used them on me.

[@viceversar-do1cn]

It's actually a person who's MIXED.

[@Lensmaster1]

​@@viceversar-do1cnno. It's a black person with very light skin.

[@dwcinnc]

The mean girl's parents are Debby Harry of Blondie and Sonny Bono of Sonny and Cher.

[@ScientificallyStupid]

And Amber is played by Colleen Fitzpatrick, better known as the singer Vitamin C!

[@jeffmorse645]

The original "Hairspray" is way better than the remake. Sono Bono, Devine, Debbie Harry - and it was actually filmed in Baltimore where it was set ( instead of Canada). Lawrence Welk had a TV show for years that played old fashioned music - it was pretty hokey. The June Taylor Dancers were on the Jackie Gleason Show, which was a popular variety show back then. "High Yellow" was a racist term to describe an African-American who had very light skin. Mulatto is an old term for someone who is mixed race white/black.

[@yournamehere6002]

She's not very bright, I don't know how she has so many followers, but that's where we are.

[@kwashingtonl]

@@yournamehere6002why are you even here?

[@blkluv100]

You said it, but i was thinking it. She brags about how she doesn't like to read. At the least she's very uncultured.​@yournamehere6002

[@yournamehere6002]

@@kwashingtonl To hate watch, see how wrong she can get it. You must be one of her acolytes who find her charming and on point.

[@yournamehere6002]

Well, Divine, and Sonny Bono

[@silentjay01]

That line of "Segregation now, segregation tomorrow, segregation forever!" is unfortunately a real quote used by people in that time. It was most famously used by Alabama governor George Wallace in his 1963 Inaugural speech.

[@kspeed419]

Anyone else feel like if the cheeto wins its going to be the chant echoed through the streets again

[@brianito7779]

@@kspeed419 Ask the millions of Black and Hispanic Trump supporters and they'll school you to no end. I hope you find help with your TDS issues. What an embarrassing comment.

[@silentjay01]

@@kspeed419 Oh, it will be worse. Project 2025 shows they won't be content with segregating; they will want to imprison or deport those who are not White, Wealthy, Land-Owning, Conservative, Christian Males. "It will remain bloodless as long as the Left allows it." - The guy who spearheaded Project 2025.

[@paulklenknyc]

@@kspeed419 What a stupid comment.

[@TheJabbate1]

The author of that speech would later change his name and move to Oklahoma and write two of the best selling pro-diversity books of their time under a false Native American identity: The Education of Little Tree, and The Rebel Outlaw: Josey Whales.

[@cflournoy1529]

The original is better to me.

[@okay5045]

The original is the best. Divine was a Hoot.

[@emoedison]

"She's an awful woman but she . . . committed to her character." This is the genius of John Waters and his Dreamland Players in a nutshell.

[@hectorsmommy1717]

Divine was one of the OG drag icons. When she passed away, every remake or reiteration of Hairspray had a man in drag as Edna as a homage to Divine. We went from this movie to the original Broadway show with Harvey Fierstein as Edna to the movie with John Travolta. Fierstein is a multi Tony award winning actor (he won for Hairspray) and writer best known for writing "Torch Song Trilogy", "La Cage aux Folles" (aka "The Birdcage"), "Newsies" and "Kinky Boots" on Broadway. For musicals, he usually writes the book and collaborates for the music.

[@GeryonM]

HE. Gay men do drag. They are only pretending to be women not trying to be women. At the time of this movie, if a man was trying to be a woman, they would have been a transvestite. one may also note that Divine has a second part to play in this as Arvin Hodgepile (32:15) being booed by Ashleigh at 32:31, as reviled by the end credits at 36:10 much to her amazement.

[@itubeutubewealltube1]

I enjoyed them both...but the original was ahead of its time... I wished they had more cameos in the remake

[@TeenageDirtbag8]

Agree

[@ColeSlaw-rg1gd]

This ORIGINAL prefigured the "white guilt" and "whigga" trends of today with lines like "I wish we were dark skinned" "I'm embarased to be white" and "Our skin may be white but our souls are black".

[@JW666]

John Waters, the director of the original movie, had a cameo in the remake as a flasher =P

[@itubeutubewealltube1]

@@TeenageDirtbag8 hey, i got two tickets for iron maiden if youre interested...

[@stern12akachris32]

This was John Waters most Main Stream movie and it still pushed buttons . Devine was always in Waters movies till he sadly passed away.

[@Gargess]

Divine was on the cusp of true celebrity and died literally weeks before Hairspray dropped. IIRC he was on a promotional tour when he died.

[@ScientificallyStupid]

I feel like everyone involved understood the assignment- make segregation and racism look as ridiculous as it is. I still crack up when Penny's mom goes to "the black part" of Baltimore and the jungle music starts playing.

[@Hallas3]

I think John Waters most mainstream movie is "Serial Mom." But I have been watching his movies since I saw "Female Trouble." I also really enjoy "Cry Baby" with Johnny Depp.

[@ThreadBomb]

@@Hallas3 I'd say Serial Mom and Cry Baby are Waters' most mainstream movies. Both definitely worth a watch!

[@Starkardur]

I would say Cry-Baby was more mainstream than Hairpsray.

[@cflournoy1529]

High yellow = Light skinned Black person Mullato = A mixed race person Old silly terms from back in the day. The guy with the hypnotizer is John Waters!

[@Dunlop-hg2ql]

Well, MULLATO is an actual legitimate WORD - not an insult or "slur" necessarily. It's not really used much anymore though. Nowadays they usually use biracial instead (to refer to the same thing).

[@Nymphonomicon]

In otherwords, Amber's parents are consoling her with "she might be a black girl passing for white"... I'm not sure how that's supposed to help. Are they suggesting they can get Tracy kicked off the Council for being a black girl infiltrating on non-integration days?

[@blkluv100]

​@@Dunlop-hg2qlThe character in the movie was using it as an insult.

[@agenttheater5]

@@Dunlop-hg2ql but can be used as an insult.

[@agenttheater5]

who of course was also 'The Flasher Who Lives Next Door' in the 2008 musical movie.

[@Ghost8386]

RIP Buddy Deane, Divine, Jerry Stiller, Ric Ocasek, Sonny Bono and Toussaint McCall.

[@Eidlones]

Whoever recommend Pink Flamingos is insane. Ashleigh's not ready for that

[@emilykeegan4345]

Haha 😂

[@Sam_on_YouTube]

Fun (and really well known) fact, Ursala in the Little Mermaid is based on Devine.

[@ScientificallyStupid]

annnnd Ricki Lake has said that Divine is the person who taught Ricki to walk in high heels. Maybe if I'd had as good a teacher as her, I'd not have to wear flats to everything. Can't walk in heels to save my life.

[@user-wl6yz6uc7g]

Devine was also going to play Peggy's mother in Married With Children

[@stevenandcarminabeedle9089]

@@ScientificallyStupidput them on while vacuuming. It will help break in new ones and you’ll get used to wearing them because of the tendency to move in all directions while vacuuming. And you have stability to keep from falling 👍🏽

[@steviekc9057]

Coincidentally, I'm literally wearing a t-shirt right now called "the Divine sea witch". Just a drawing of Divine dressed up like Ursula 😂

[@NickNutjob]

@@user-wl6yz6uc7gthat’s not true; Glen Milstead (Divine) was sick of playing female characters and was cast in Married With Children to play a male role

[@John_Locke_108]

My wife went to a musical with her friend and she thought they were seeing Hairspray. She was so pissed when it turned out to be Hair.

[@voodoomagic71685]

Haha!

[@angelagraves865]

Tbf, Hair is a f-ing *GREAT* musical.

[@John_Locke_108]

@@angelagraves865 Not if you hate that kind of music like my my wife does. I saw it College and really enjoyed it though.

[@frankmahovlich5099]

@@John_Locke_108 She got to see a lot more than just hair! Ha-ha-ha-ha

[@John_Locke_108]

@@frankmahovlich5099 Like I said, I quite enjoyed it 😂

[@NeelTheSphynx]

Teasing used to be called ratting because it would be teased into a "rat's nest" what some would call a tease ball today.

[@cindygray6009]

Also, you used a rat-tail comb to lift and shape the ratted/teased hair.

[@jaysverrisson1536]

Hair rats--often a wad real hair--were also used to elevate the big hair styles of the 1940s, and (so I've read) were even used Victorian times!

[@Dej24601]

The psychiatrist Dr. Fredrickson with the weird hypnotic spinner was John Waters. He also had a cameo in the remake as the “flasher” in the coat towards the beginning of the film.

[@shainewhite2781]

Ashleigh, Shelley Duvall passed away yesterday at 75 due to complications from diabetes. You should do a reaction to POPEYE 1980, starring Robin Williams as the muscular sailor, and Duvall as his love interest

[@codyclaeys2008]

Yes I was gonna day this

[@marlonthemarvellous]

@@shainewhite2781 oh shit. Such a great actress R.I.P. Loved her in Nashville

[@jaquesshugossen9398]

That would be very great!

[@raramonty5217]

Shelley Duvall is the Wife in The Shining....rip Shelley

[@buffstraw2969]

Brewster McCloud, her first film!!!!

[@salsonny]

He has another movie called Serial Mom, frickin Hilarious

[@michaelleoanrd194]

Oh, that's John Waters? It just moved up several pegs on my "to watch" list.

[@gigi-ij1hk]

Starring Kathleen Turner, who really understood the assignment

[@peterdennis4394]

God I love that film. Pussywillow!

[@kakarikiyazoo]

He has a lot of fun movies, but yeah, Serial Mom should be your next.

[@crystalwalker3503]

Hairspray is actually the true story of John Waters' time as a teenage dancer on The Buddy Dean show, where he and some of his dancer friends (like Mink Stole) fought to integrate the show and dance with the Black performers. The show ended up being cancelled, so he gave Hairspray the happy ending it deserved.

[@kakarikiyazoo]

Huh? No. He was not on the show, but it is based on his memories of seeing the show and knowing the local history. He admits to being among the local outcasts & oddballs, and not part of the crowd that would be on such a show.

[@crystalwalker3503]

@kakarikiyazoo That's his words from an interview with LA Times, he and Mary Vivian Pearce got thrown off for doing a dirty dance, idk what to tell you 💁‍♀️

[@kakarikiyazoo]

@@crystalwalker3503 In the nearly 4 decades since the movie came out he has always said otherwise. I have yet to see this claim. When was this supposed article? This is the relevant part on the Wikipedia page for The Buddy Deane Show: "Although he never appeared on Deane's show, Waters attended high school with a "Buddy Deaner" and later gave Deane a cameo in the film, in which Deane played a TV reporter who tried to interview the governor who was besieged by integration protesters."

[@kakarikiyazoo]

@@crystalwalker3503 I found the article from 2018, which appears to be a reclaimed memory of his: “I watched it every day, and it was on twice,” said the gregarious and often outrageous director..." Either way, the claims in your original post are still not correct, even if he *really* did appear on the show *twice*.

[@EdwardFleming-us3zc]

The original is not a musical but it is better.

[@emkirk1998]

Sunny Bono was Chers husband at one time .. They had a variety show .This Hairspray was the Best !

[@sixtiesfreak4858]

Made me wonder if she didn't know the Sonny in Sonny and Cher was the same person? 😁

[@StubbyLegz]

The weird couple in black that’s playing the bongos and painting are what were called “beatniks” back then. They are played by Pia Zadora and Ric Ocasek, the lead singer of The Cars.

[@bradwatson1048]

I love that no one of a certain age even tries to explain who Pia Zadora was.

[@StubbyLegz]

@@bradwatson1048 way too much for a YT comment. Pia deserves a Google search.

[@nancyomalley6286]

That lady had bricks in her purse, and she shattered Link's kneecaps

[@LucareonVee]

If you want to look into more John Waters, my suggestion would be "Cry Baby"

[@horracethegreat-mw6vu]

Lol! You call THAT one "looking more into" him?!

[@LucareonVee]

@@horracethegreat-mw6vu I’d certainly recommend that one over Pink Flamingos. 😉

[@IanFindly-iv1nl]

I'd say Polyester. THAT one kind of balances between both JW's EARLY stage and his LATE stage.

[@kennethspears22]

The scene when Penny and gang are dancing out of reform school, I used to live across the street from that building.

[@kevinramsey417]

Fun Fact: Ricki Lake, who played Tracy Turnblad in the movie had a popular talk show in the 90s back when afternoon talk shows like Jerry Springer, Sally Jesse Raphael, Jenny Jones and Geraldo were all the rage. Tracy's mom is played by Divine, who was a drag queen and a longtime collaborator of Roger Waters. Divine also starred in Waters' breakout film Pink Flamingos, a movie which I do not recommend showing on your channel. Not because it's bad, but because its content might get you kicked off KZbin. Tracy's dad is played by the legendary Jerry Stiller, who you may know as Frank Costanza on Seinfeld and who is also the father of actor Ben Stiller. Finally, the therapist that was poking Penny with the prod (say that three times fast) was played by John Waters himself. What happened to James Bond? Don't tell me you're giving up after Austin Powers. You've never quit on anything in your life, now LIVE, dammit! LIVE!

[@hectorsmommy1717]

In between, Lake was known for her role on the TV show "China Beach" about a hospital and R&R base in Vietnam. Great show which gave us our first real look at Dana Delany, Robert Picardo, and Marg Helgenberger as the prostitute KC.

[@sjfvet519us]

You mean John Waters. Wasn't Roger Waters in Pink Floyd?

[@ThreadBomb]

-Roger Waters- John Waters

[@BaccarWozat]

The funny thing is, Roger Waters' real name is George Waters, and Syd Barrett's real name was Roger Barrett

[@johnmaynardable]

John Waters, Roger Waters is a member of Pink Floyd.

[@Dej24601]

The term “ratting” your hair was what was used for “backcombing” or “teasing” your hair today. The goal was to give height to your hair, and/or help hold in place whatever style, wave or curl you gave to it. Then hairspray was the final touch, to definitely hold it in place and sometimes add a bit of shine.

[@joshuayeager3686]

As a huge fan of “The Little Mermaid”, I think you would appreciate this fact: The performer Divine that portrayed Tracey’s mom in this version of Hairspray was the inspiration for Ursula, the sea witch. Particularly Divine’s look from her earlier years in Pink Flamingos and Female Troubles. Divine is one of the greatest Icons in drag history.

[@BadAssSykO]

I enjoyed both but the original is better... Divine is the 🐐 Tracy was played by Ricki Lake(former talkshow host) Amber(snob) was played by Vitamin C - the singer.

[@TeenageDirtbag8]

Agree

[@kakarikiyazoo]

This was a decade before she emerged as Vitamin C (her big hit was "Graduation (Friends Forever)") and she was still just actress Colleen Fitzpatrick.

[@RogueWJL]

The original is the definitive version. Ricki Lake is phenomenonal. Divine was a pioneer and was an aler ego as opposed to drag. John Waters is a force of nature. The whole cast is stellar.

[@Sam_on_YouTube]

Devine is an icon. He is often mistakenly referred to as trans. There is a really unfortunate recent trend of erasing trans people, like Marcia P Johnson, as though they were cis gay drag queens. Johnson was 100% a trans woman. But it's also true that not every drag queen is trans and Devine is an example. He didn't even really consider himself a drag queen. It was a role he played in John Waters movies and he wanted to play male roles too, but his career in his short life never really afforded him the opportunity.

[@punklover99]

Mainly because Marsha was mythologized as starting the riot at stonewall

[@Sam_on_YouTube]

​​​@@punklover99That's why terfs couldn't erase her from history. So instead they tried to erase her trans identity. And while the actual start of Stonewall was a little murkier with the "first brick" being somewhat of a myth, she was still intimately involved in that riot from the start and was a major important activist for LGBTQ rights.

[@torontomame]

​@@punklover99 That's always driven me crazy. Martha did so many amazing things, and she's too often remembered for something she didn't do.

[@cflournoy1529]

@@Sam_on_KZbin All I know is, I love John Travolta but Divine was and will always be the only person to do justice to Edna Turnblad!! RIP

[@dr.burtgummerfan439]

Divine said he was a male actor who played women.

[@Whitmore-uk1zw]

Now watch some EARLY pre-THIS movie John Waters films. Female Trouble or Polyester would be my suggestions.

[@jaysverrisson1536]

Agreed, I think Female Trouble (and Polyester) could be edited satisfactorily for KZbin, and Ashleigh would get a kick out of them, but not Pink Flamingos or Desperate Living!

[@keptbygrace6221]

I was a child of the 80s and vividly remember renting this VHS tape to watch at a slumber party. We learned all the dances and everything. Great times...🙂

[@lorettabes4553]

aww that's awesome

[@okay5045]

Sonny Bonno of the musical Duo "Sonny and Cher" I got you babe and other hits. This one had the grit the other lacked.

[@ScientificallyStupid]

the remake felt pretty toothless. It's meant to make fun of segregation and the racial tension in Baltimore at the time- I just don't get that from the very sanitized and updated one.

[@stephenmackey2051]

Ashleigh since Shelley Duvall passed away yesterday on the 11th. I think you should watch the 1980 film Popeye.

[@gigi-ij1hk]

John Waters is from Baltimore and all of his films are set there. This film is a love letter to his childhood during the civil rights era. Next in your John Waters journey should be Serial Mom or Cry-Baby (which stars Johnny Depp and is actually a musical)

[@Grace-cs5sk]

The one guy is Ben Stillers Dad in real life and yes he was in Seinfeld

[@stevenbalekic5683]

He was also in both Hairspray movies but playing different roles.

[@Grace-cs5sk]

​@@stevenbalekic5683yeah I know that

[@MusicalMiranda82]

I first heard "Give Me Gravy" on Sister Act! Lol it's a real song and I love it. It's by Dee Dee Sharp!

[@Dej24601]

The “June Taylor Dancers” were a troupe of female dancers who got their start performing live but became most famous for being on The Jackie Gleason Show in the 1950’s and 1960’s. Each dancer could perform numerous different styles of dance and often wore elaborate costumes and made complex kaleidoscopic choreographed patterns which were filmed from overhead cameras. The founder June Taylor received an Emmy award for choreography in 1955.

[@punklover99]

Ricki Lake danced so much she kept losing weight almost too much to keep being tracy

[@jennymunday7913]

They kept giving her candy bars between takes.

[@dr.burtgummerfan439]

​@@jennymunday7913And milkshakes.

[@christopherflint2783]

Original is the best.

[@Dej24601]

Sonny Bono was married to Cher. They were together about 12 years - as a singing couple, married, had a child, appeared on numerous tv shows. After their divorce in 1975, he married again and had a career as a politician and Cher is still performing as a singer, actor and fashion icon. Sonny died in 1998 as a result of a skiing accident. If you have seen the film “Groundhog Day”, you heard them sing one of their more well-known songs: ‘I’ve Got You Babe.’

[@marennicholson5444]

The psychiatrist trying hypnosis on Penny was John Waters. And yes my mother used to literally iron my sister’s hair on an ironing board

[@sdelong74]

Ashleigh may we introduce you to legendary drag queen, Divine! Her look inspired Disney baddie, Ursula. Hair spray was the creation of John Waters life growing up in Baltimore. John and Divine were besties growing up and both openly gay even when it was taboo. Mink Stole was another regular. Sonny Bono was Cher's ex hubby and both formed the 60s duo Sonny and Cher. Sonny and Cher had a daughter who later transitioned into Chad Bono. Debbie Harry is the lead singer of Blondie and at 77 still tours. Without her influence we wouldn't have Madonna or Lady Gaga. She was a punk, new wave icon. She still looks fabulous.

[@lorettabes4553]

Omg she's the queen who inspired Ursela!?

[@KMM406]

The remake, was good, but the original, captures what the story is supposed to be. Sonny Bono, was married to Cher. They were the duo, Sonny and Cher! John Waters, was the psychiatrist. I fear that you are simply too young to get the full "vibes" of the movie. That is not your fault, Ashleigh! You just had to be there, to understand the full meaning.

[@darrenmacdonald1499]

The big man on the news at the fair who said "If one black face gets on camera this shows off the air." is also Divine, one of the very few times he was seen out of drag. He had a very good musical career. I saw him in a Nightclub in Edmonton, Alberta around 1986 called Goose Loonies. Interesting trivia fact: there was a teen heart throb actor in the early 60's named Tab Hunter, who played the biology teacher in Grease Two, and he and Divine were life partners and acted together in a lot of John Waters films.

[@michaelanthony3025]

Tab was partnered with Allen Glaser for 35 years until his death in 2018. He and Divine were never a couple. Polyester was the only John Waters film they appeared in together.

[@darrenmacdonald1499]

@@michaelanthony3025 I remember a magazine article, "People" I think, that was written about them. Maybe I'm just getting old and mis-remembering.

[@rnw2739]

Tab Hunter was the on-off boyfriend of Anthony Perkins.

[@bethcushway458]

The original kicks the shit out of the remake!

[@ronald-xs7sp]

Absolutely!

[@ScientificallyStupid]

"think of alllll the white boys you know, and how much you'd like to DATE one of them!" is still a quote in regular rotation in our house.

[@lorettabes4553]

I grew up with the remake and it's my favourite. I just love musicals, but I'm still watching the movie so we'll see.

[@mariomarciodrf]

The original will always be my favorite for one big reason: DIVINE!

[@ryan1976]

You have to watch Serial Mom. You’d love it.

[@jerellbond6228]

This is the best. No remake will ever be as good as

[@glamtastic]

Fun! I recently went to the John Waters exhibit at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures in LA and Ricki Lake herself was there to see it. I made a damn fool of myself but I have no regrets! She looks amazing still.

[@jeden75]

I'm so jealous! I adore Ricki Lake. I would have been so starstruck! I saw that exhibit last October & it was amazing! Seeing the roach dress in person was the highlight. Love John Waters ❤

[@pushpak]

The musical movie version is from the stage musical version. Both sanitized. There's only one "Hairspray'.

[@brittyn]

💯

[@lorettabes4553]

I mean... it's as sanitized as shows are today. The Musical was 2007, and if it came out now it would move around even more topics.

[@treyformidable]

“Anybody here know how to Madison?” -The Rocky Horror Picture Show

[@ScientificallyStupid]

it honestly looks like a fun dance and I'm old enough to "get" the Jackie Gleason and Wilt the Stilt references- I always wanted to learn all the dances in this movie. Alas, at least I do know how to Time Warp!

[@gabrielledarwin1158]

😂😂😂 I was hoping someone would say it!

[@akasarahsmom]

People still stand outside the doors of the theaters to get/meet the actors of the plays.

[@melissaroszkowski8911]

The Great Divine not only plays Mama Turnblad but the racist tv exec. One of the best Drag Queens to ever do it

[@user-pz1so2xu8j]

Hairspray is his only family friendly'ish film.

[@JosieSchuller]

I forgot how much fun this movie was. Divine, Debbie Harry, Jerry Stiller, Pia Zadora and Ric Ocasek as beatniks…fabulous 👏😄👏

[@procopiusaugustus6231]

I was living in Baltimore in the late ‘70s. I met John Waters at a party a local celebrity. He was demonstrating a purple electric wand that was some sort of medical device from the ‘20s. Waters troupe of actors like Devine, Edith Massie and Mink Stole were all locals. Edith Massie ran a junk store in Fells Point. I don’t think Ashleigh could handle Pink Flamingos but I’d love to see it. Peak Devine.

[@gallinadeyeso9638]

Wait!!! today is Austin Powers 2 following the Bond movies day!!!

[@ArtByDesign80]

Austin Powers 2 was in copyright jail…so she movies the schedule around.

[@jaquesshugossen9398]

@@ArtByDesign80 Ah that explains it! Thank You.

[@pamelawilliams3144]

​@@ArtByDesign80"movies the schedule"😂 i love it, pun intended or not

[@jamesbond99]

@@ArtByDesign80 that makes sense also i hope the other bonds get watched as well there grat some better than others but she didn't even see roger moores best imho also i want them all reacted to because of cast music story etc the more you know if you know

[@cbobwhite5768]

Sonny Bono was Cher's husband. He dead, now. He skied into a tree.

[@x_warhog_x8701]

Damn tree's................They just jump right in front of ya

[@reactormator]

HAHAHAHA! Not to put too fine a point on it! Yeah...he was the Sonny of the 70s Sonny and Cher Show.

[@derekhiemforth]

Sonny was serving in Congress when he died (Jan. 5, 1998). Less than a week earlier (Dec. 31, 1997), Michael Kennedy, one of RFK's children, had *_ALSO_* died by skiing into a tree. Michael didn't hold elected office, but he had worked in politics before, including organizing his uncle Ted Kennedy's successful Senate re-election campaign a few years earlier in 1994. After Kennedy and Bono both died by skiing into trees in the same week, I was keeping a sharp eye out for another political figure to die by skiing into a tree, since they say deaths come in threes...

[@cheripetty1805]

Say what you will about Sonny Bono. In the end, he got what was coming to him.

[@ShesInLosAngeles]

He was also the mayor of Palm Springs 😵‍💫

[@maurer3d]

The amusement park scenes were filmed at Dorney Park in Allentown PA. Tracey Turnblad was played by Ricky Lake, who later went on to have her own daytime talkshow (1992-2004) and (2012-2014). 23:30 mulatto was a racial slur for mixed-race (half white- half black) 27:31 The "psychiatrist" with the hypnotizing think is John Waters.

[@VicEclectica]

Teasing your hair was called ratting your hair because women used to use a "rat" or a piece of material that was stuffed (or made of horsehair) and properly shaped and placed under the hair to create large hairstyles that are hard to keep properly shaped without help. Aerosol hairspray did away with the need for hair rats. The terminology changed to teasing your hair once rats were no longer popularly used and no one knew what it meant. lol

[@brittyn]

The fashion and music in this are *chef’s kiss * - the musical is too over the top and unrealistic for me. Grew up watching this in the 80s as a little kid! Love the dark humor and the message of anti-racism, seeing how ridiculous and hateful people were.

[@argentokaos2629]

*John Waters* is in the house! :) Granted--- this is his *nice* entrance. :D

[@jamesfischer2427]

Dr. Fredrickson {The psychiatrist shocking Penny) was played by John Waters.

[@LordVolkov]

Love a John Waters appearance and him showing up with the hypno-wheel and cattle prod are A+ 🤣🤣🤣

[@frezericks]

The actress who plays the Judge at around 12:00 was also the mother in But I'm A Cheerleader. Her name is Mink Stohl

[@mocrg]

Not only is the original, it’s got the original music from the time .

[@AylaOlivieri]

I grew up with this movie and always loved it. Couple of folks you may have missed, Debbie Harry as ambers mom - singer from Blondie. Sonny Bono - Ambers dad as in Chers ex husband (Sonny and Cher). Jerry Stiller as Tracy’s dad, mr pinky on the remake and Ben Stillers dad

[@alarmedplacebo1579]

Aawww, I love that these racist terms are just dieing! High yellow meant mixed race. It's so cool that people are forgetting the ugly things people used to say.

[@jeden75]

Actually, high yellow is a term used about very light-skinned Blacks that may be trying to pass as White. I was called it many times growing up & it's not a great feeling. Mulatto is a racist term for mixed-raced people that are partially Black.

[@poyznelf]

John Waters real movies are an homage to low budget movies but so full of irony and sarcasm. I love this version so much better.

[@FloridaMugwump]

One of my favorite movies. She should have watched this first.

[@phatboybright]

High Yella means fair skinned black person. Mulatto means mixed… so in context they were insinuating Tracy was either mixed or lite skinned black.

[@RichardX1]

The remake is not so much a remake as it is a cinematic adaptation of the stage adaptation of the original film. Like "The Producers". Ricki Lake went on to host a popular daytime talk show for a few years. Yes, that was George's dad from "Seinfeld" (before he was George's dad from "Seinfeld"). Sonny Bono, who played Amber's father, was Cher's ex-husband. They had performed as a singing duo back in the 60s and hosted a variety show both before and after their divorce. Amber's mother was the lead singer of Blondie. Wilt Chamberlain was a basketball player who, later in life, became as famous for his claims of having slept with 20,000 women as for his basketball skills. The doctor with the cattle prod who was shocking Penny was the film's director, John Waters himself.

[@okay5045]

High yellow was a term for a light skinned black person. Mulatto is a mixed race person b /w.

[@muffinamy83]

There's a John Waters exhibit currently at the L.A. Academy Museum where my husband works, and they display the roach gown, the green gown and several of Divine's outfits from this film. It's a great exhibit!

[@NikkieTwix]

I definitely think watching movies like this influenced my taste in music because I LOVE 50s/60s music, i have majority of the songs in this on my playlist 🤣

[@dawggirl]

Please react to Mermaids - you will love it! And it's not about mermaids.

[@19_meg_91]

I guess this means Austin Powers is bumped till Monday? lol I had to do a double take there to make sure today was actually Friday 😂

[@Someonesaidthis]

Now that weve exposed you to John Waters, you need to watch Serial Mom..

[@marlonthemarvellous]

Original better. Also Divine was the inspiration for Ursalla in The Little Mermaid!!

[@brittyn]

I never knew that about the Little Mermaid, but it makes sense!

[@marlonthemarvellous]

@@brittyn Yes when I found out I thought the same!!

[@treyformidable]

Waters’ early movies like Pink Flamingos and Desperate Living were shock and gross out stuff. He had more mainstream success after with the triple whammy of Hairspray, Cry-Baby, and Serial Mom

[@nettiemac]

Gravy is a real song...... (Check out Sister Act 1, the scene in the bar when Sister Mary Clarence goes over and Kathy Najimy and Wendy Makkena follow her over. Kathy Najimy plays this one on the jukebox).

[@goldilox369]

I just watched her review of that movie... She thought it was funny. Dunno why she forgot.

[@ScreamqueenarmyBlogspot666]

John Waters Hairspray is iconic, you should check out his 70s movies Starring Divine : Multiple Maniacs, Pink Flamingos, Female Trouble & Polyester

[@CinWin516]

Every time I hear that song, "You Don't Own Me", I think of the movie, First Wive's Club, which needs a reaction. ❤

[@itzakpoelzig330]

Yep, I bet Ashleigh would love it.

[@melhawl3685]

Yes°

[@melissakrueger461]

OMG! I haven't seen this movie since I was a kid. I forgot how much adored this movie.

[@MsSmashley]

Also, cool trivia. Amber is actually played by the same girl that is the singer Vitamin C. Singer of that “graduation” song that was everywhere

[@McLir]

For more John Waters, check out Polyester, maybe Female Trouble. Trust me when I say, you would not like Pink Flamingos.

[@alexthesplendidflippyhtffan]

I really wished Ashleigh watched Female Trouble because it was one of the most funniest movie. Especially the Christmas scene where she didn't get her Cha-Cha Heels for Christmas which is hilarious. She should watch that around December.

[@jeffreymayes907]

So many memories of this having worked in the production department at Dorney Park and being liaisons with the film crew. Got to hang out with them and the actors for days.

[@indestarbright9646]

Ruth Brown (Motormouth Maybelle) has a fabulous performance when she was a teen singing "Mama,! He Treats your Daughter Mean."

[@claytonprince5649]

Ruth Brown was the first singer on Atlantic records to have a number one hit. Atlantic Records was once called The House That Ruth Built.

[@DravenGal]

Yeah, I'm thinking wrong upload. I hope she didn't have a relapse of Covid! I look forward to Austin on Monday (or is it Friday, LOL). Either way, "GROOVY, BABY!"💙

[@garyfletcher844]

Sony Bono is Cher's ex-husband. They were Sony and Cher

[@MsSmashley]

Omg I just saw this on my KZbin front page and literally yelled “f*ck yeah!!!” I’m pumped for this. Love this film and Ashleigh so I’m happy!

[@taraharrison9354]

If I ever get married I’m 1000% having Tracy’s roach dress replicated for a reception dress. It’s iconic and I’ve coveted it since I was a kid