>>this is a wink and a nod to “Kids, if you enjoyed this film, check out the original with the mom played by a REAL transvstite who in other John Waters films ate dog poop.<<
LOLOLOL!!!
EVERY and I mean EVERY person I know who actually enjoyed Hairspray didn’t make it through five minutes of the original film. I saw it in the eighties and tried to watch it again. Poo.
I’m sorry but I have to give credit for someone in Hollywood taking a basic dark movie and turning it into a movie so filled with joy, so full of the message that “you are not how you look” and so happy that it was wonderful.
I’m glad your kids enjoyed it. You can tell them that after lent, they are more than welcome to come to my house and watch it on our 50” Plasma with the Surround Sound. We can all sigh at James Marsden and Zac Efron.
Yes, in my house we are the “Nicest Kids in Town”.
I am told that the original script for “Pretty Lady” had the girl as a heroin addict, and was a dark comedy where they split up in the end. Supposedly the original author (who was, of course, well paid for his story) was upset Hollywood made it into a feel good movie. (Same story with Shreck One, I am told.)
What? What? Sometimes I wonder if he got his make-up tips from John Travolta! My girls (5 & 6!!!) have really bad crushes on him. They found necklaces at the Disney Store with a "T" dangling from it and won't take them off for anything.
Where do you go to watch the movies?