Guide Note

Hairspray is a 1988 John Waters film about a "pleasantly plump" 1960's teenage girl who dreams of being a dancer on a popular local dance TV show. In 2002 Waters adapted the film into a Tony Award winning Broadway musical; and in 2007, the musical was adapted back into a film starring Nikki Blonsky and John Travolta

Fast Facts

1. 2007 Film Distributed By New Line Cinema
2. 2007 Film Stars John Travolta, Michelle Pfeiffer, Nikki Blonsky, Amanda Bynes, Brittany Snow, Zac Efron, Queen Latifah, James Marsden and Christopher Walken
3. 2002 Musical Won 7 Tony Awards
4. 1998 Film Starred Ricki Lake, Divine, and Sonny Bono

While the role of Turnblad's mother Edna Turnblad has always been played by a man in drag. In the first film by the drag queen Divine, in the Broadway rendition Harvey Firestein, and in the 2008 revival John Travolta filled out the role.

1. "f we get any more white people in here, this is gonna be a suburb."' - Motormouth Maybelle, IMDb
2. "I'm a bad, bad girl who needs to be punished" - Tracy Turnblad - IMDb
3. "People who are different, their time is coming!" - Tracy Turnblad - IMDb