- Title: Hairspray
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“I wish every day was Negro Day.”
Hairspray is a toe-tappin’ good time with a strong cast, good music, and plenty of fun. It would be easy to dismiss it as simply a feel good story and the discovery of first-time actress Nikki Blonksy (who was found, in all places, at a Coldstone Creamery). But beneath the film’s smiles, laughs, dances, and shakes, there’s a story about acceptance and struggle, about a willingness to sacrifice for doing what you believe is right, no matter what it may cost you.
Tracy Turnblad (Nikki Blonsky) is your average teen who daydreams in school about being a celebrity. Tracy and her best friend Penny (Amanda Bynes) race home every day to catch the Corny Collins Show on television. Hosted by Corny Colins (James Marsden) the dance show is the hippest thing in all of Baltimore.
From here the story breaks into two parts, that are surprisingly wll meshed together. The first involves Tracy earning a spot on the show despite her size and the concerns of her mother Edna (John Travolta), her crush on Link Larkin (Zac Efron) and her hopes to win Miss Hairspray against the beautiful but malelovent Amber Van Tussle (Brittany Snow).
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