I've grown up with the 2007 version of
Hairspray, meaning the version of
Hairspray I'm so familiar with is full of musical numbers and James Marsden. Having watched that feature countless times over the years, it was fascinating to watch the original
Hairspray and see how it compared to the 2007 remake. For the first half of this 1988 take on
Hairspray, directed by incomparable icon John Waters, the plot remains similar to the musical remake, it's still the story of Tracy Turnblad (here played by Ricki Lake), a girl living in 1960's Baltimore who loves The Corny Collins Show. She eventually gets a chance to audition for the program and manages to surprise everyone, including her mother Edna (Divine) by actually getting onto the show.
