Hairspray Review
Hairspray Feature
- John Waters' unique brand of humor comes to DVD in Hairspray, starring Ricki Lake, Divine and Sonny Bono.Running Time: 93 min. Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: COMEDY Rating: PG Age: 794043609923 UPC: 794043609923 Manufacturer No: N6099
John Waters made his bid for PG respectability with this enjoyably trashy comedy about the racial integration of a teen dance show on Baltimore television in the early '60s. Waters, as always, makes a virtue of junk culture and the powerful emotional forces it can represent as kids vie to get on the show. Meanwhile, a parade of former stars (Pia Zadora, Debbie Harry, Sonny Bono) and pseudostars (Divine, Ricki Lake) cross the screen, playing freakish characters absorbed by thoughts of fame. (Waters himself turns up as a weirdo psychiatrist.) This transitional film for Waters is rough going at times and not as interesting or funny as his later features
Cry-Baby and
Serial Mom, but it's worth a look.
--Tom Keogh
HAIRSPRAY - DVD Movie
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