Submitted by yoyoyo on March 26, 2008

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You Can'T Stop The Beat: Hairspray

You Can‘t Stop the Beat: Hairspray

Be ready to shake and shimmy with Adam Shankman’s film Hairspray. This fun and energetic musical is a fabulous remake of the Broadway show written by John Waters. As the film begins in Baltimore in 1962, a “pleasantly-plumped,” white teenager named Tracy Turnblad is overly enthused about the Corny Collins Show. The Corny Collins Show is a show solely about dancing, with a monthly Negro Day. Tracy and her best friend, Penny Pingleton, hurry home every day after school for the show to watch heart-throb Link Larkin.
However, after one of the stars leave the show, the show holds auditions for anyone who is willing to try out....

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