Hairspray: Difference between revisions

* [[Reasonable Authority Figure]]: Corny Collins, the dance show host, who is very open to bending the rules and doing away with segregation.

* [[Recursive Adaptation]]: From movie to Broadway musical and back again.

* [[Sassy Black Woman]]: Motormouth Maybelle, the Dynamites

* [[Shallow Love Interest]]: Link in the original 1988 film, and to a lesser extent in the 2007 film. Delibarately subverted in the stage musical, where his [[Character Development]] is about stopping being a shallow tool and doing things for himself.