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Podcast: FRIDAY FAMILY FILM NIGHT
Episode: Friday Family Film Night: HAIRSPRAY review
Description: In which the Mister and Monsters join me in reviewing HAIRSPRAY (1988), from writer/director John Waters. In 1962 Baltimore, a vibrant and "pleasantly plump" teenager named Tracy Turnblad (Ricki Lake) achieves her dream of becoming a regular dancer on the popular local TV program, The Corny Collins Show. As she gains sudden fame, Tracy uses her new celebrity status to challenge the show's narrow beauty standards and fight against the systemic segregation that limits the participation of Black dancers. Faced with fierce opposition from the show’s bigoted producer, Arvine (played by Divine who also plays Edna Turnblad), and the show...