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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]]'').
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 (Creator)]] as her mom, among an ensemble cast.
Not to be confused with ''[[Hair]]''.
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We'd like to say... [two [[Beat|Beats]]]<br />
to the new girl in town" }}
** The chorus of Seaweed's song is entirely about this, with tons of [[Where Da White Women At?]] implications.
** In "Timeless To Me", the final line on the album's version is Edna saying "Wilbur, honey, let's take this upstairs". In the script, the reprise includes the lines "You're rounding third base now" / "Holy cow!".
** Just before "Run And Tell That", Seaweed has this little gem, which somehow made it into the high school version of the script:
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[[[Beat]]]<br />
She was the new girl in... town! }}
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** In the script of the stage version, (or at least the high school version, which kept most of the crap that got past the radar), it's "Oh no, don't tell me Khrushchev has his shoes off again!"
* [[Humiliation Conga]]: In the 2007 movie, {{spoiler|Amber has Tracy steal her thunder and her boyfriend, gets hoisted above the set, tears her dress getting down, and loses her crown to a child on live TV}}. And then she's surprisingly good natured about it in the end, possibly making this a subversion. Played straight with Velma, though, whose humiliation is more thorough and ''not'' taken well.
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{{quote| '''Link:''' I couldn't sleep, I couldn't eat, I couldn't even concentrate!<br />
'''Tracy:''' You couldn't eat? }}
* [["I Want" Song]]: "Good Morning Baltimore" and "I Can Hear The Bells".
* [[Implausible Deniability]]: Edna refuses to believe that First Lady Jackie Kennedy's hairstyle has anything to do with hairspray.
{{quote| "I believe it is just naturally stiff."}}
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* [[One Head Taller]]: Inverted with Penny and Seaweed. She is noticeably taller than him.
* [[The Plan]]: How the main characters get Tracy into the Miss Teenage Hairspray pageant in the end of the stage musical and newer movie.
* [[Politically
* [[Popular Is Dumb]]: The openly embraced creed of the Nicest Kids in Town:
{{quote| ''Who cares about sleep, when you can snooze in school?''<br />
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** Queen Latifah won out over Aretha Franklin.
** Christopher Walken was chosen over Billy Crystal.
* [[Where Da White Women At?]]?: Seaweed and Penny.
** Implied with {{spoiler|Amber at the end of the film. She can be seen making eyes at one of the black dancers and then, after walking away from her mother, chit chatting coyly with him in the finale.}}
* [[White Dwarf Starlet]]: Velma Von Tussle, who never lets anyone forget that she was once [[Villain Song|Miss Baltimore Crabs]].
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