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== [[Hairspray (1988 film)|''Hairspray'' (1988 film)]] ==
1. The first film [[John Waters]] made that got PG, and a great work. It was released in 1988. It starred Ricki Lake as Tracy Turnblad, Divine as her mother, and John Waters's usual repertory cast.
 
Tracy Turnblad is a ''[[Incredibly Lame Pun|huge]]'' fan of the Corny Collins Show, which is very like early [[American Bandstand]]. She also is a fan of big hairstyles which require hairspray to stay in place - a trend the adults disapprove of. When one of the old dancers has to leave because of pregnancy, an audition is held for a new female dancer, and Tracy gets the spot because of her talent and her exuberant personality. This leads to a chain of events that will change Baltimore forever...
 
''Hairspray'' was named to the [[National Film Registry]] in 2022.
2. The film eventually inspired a Broadway musical. The music was changed for this production. The original film was for the most part not a musical ''per se'', just full of music, and its songs were all [[Dance Sensation]] songs of one sort or another. The musical had songs tell the story more directly. The storyline is similar to the original, but some details and some emphases were adjusted (for example, most references to Velma Von Tussle in the tropes below are from the Broadway musical or second film, as her role was greatly expanded from the original). It won eight Tony Awards, and introduced the world to Marissa Jaret Winokur (who previously was more known as the fast-food girl with Kevin Spacey in ''[[American Beauty]]'').
 
== [[Hairspray (musical)|''Hairspray'' (musical)]] ==
3. The musical was successful enough that it itself was [[Recursive Adaptation|made into a film]] around 2007. It starred Nikki Blonsky as Tracy Turnblad and [[John Travolta]] as her mom, among an ensemble cast.
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2. The film eventually inspired a Broadway musical. The music was changed for this production. The original film was for the most part not a musical ''per se'', just full of music, and its songs were all [[Dance Sensation]] songs of one sort or another. The musical had songs tell the story more directly. The storyline is similar to the original, but some details and some emphases were adjusted (for example, most references to Velma Von Tussle in the tropes below are from the Broadway musical or second film, as her role was greatly expanded from the original). It won eight Tony Awards, and introduced the world to Marissa Jaret Winokur (who previously was more known as the fast-food girl with Kevin Spacey in ''[[American Beauty]]'').
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== [[Hairspray (2007 film)|''Hairspray'' (2007 film)]] ==
3. The musical was successful enough that it itself was [[Recursive Adaptation|made into a film]] around 2007. It starred Nikki Blonsky as Tracy Turnblad and [[John Travolta]] as her mom, among an ensemble cast.
 
Not to be confused with ''[[Hair (theatre)]]''.
 
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* [[Aerosol Flamethrower]]: Link breaks Tracy out of prison with this method in the stage show.
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** In the 2007 musical, there is a shot of Penny's mother reading aloud from the Bible during the opening of the pageant. The passage she's reading happens to be about Lot's daughters conspiring to get him drunk and have sex with him.
* [[Girlish Pigtails]]: Penny.
* [[Graceful Loser]]:
* [[Graceful Loser]]: In the second movie, Amber was surprisingly mature about her defeat, indicating [[Character Development]].
** In the second movie, Amber was surprisingly mature about her defeat, indicating [[Character Development]]. She and her mother ''both'' become graceful losers in the stage show as well, after much sulking, they give in and realize that they "can't stop the beat". See [[Heel Face Turn]] below.
** In the second movie, Tracy is screaming with joy when Inez wins the title of Miss Teenage Hairspray. She gives her a big hug and they jump happily.
* [[Happily Married]]: Edna and Wilbur.
* [[Heel Face Turn]]: Amber and Velma in the musical; just Amber seems to get one in the film (walking out on her mother and getting along with a black dancer), even after the unnecessary [[Humiliation Conga]].
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''Don't need a cap or a gown''
''When you're the Nicest Kids in Town!''}}
* [[Reasonable Authority Figure]]: Corny Collins, the dance show host, who is very open to bending the rules and doing away with segregation. He hires Tracy after seeing her dance, and makes Inez the lead dancer on his show when she wins the contest. When Velma tells him to do something, he assures her that he will... and pulls Mama Morton onstage, saying it's her time to shine.
* [[Rose-Tinted Narrative]]
* [[Sassy Black Woman]]: Motormouth Maybelle, the Dynamites.
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