Hairspray (2007 film)

Hairspray is a 2007 American musical romantic comedy film based on the 2002 Broadway musical of the same name, which in turn was based on John Waterss 1988 comedy film of the same name. Set in 1962 Baltimore, Maryland, the film follows the pleasantly plump teenager Tracy Turnblad as she pursues stardom as a dancer on a local TV show and rallies against racial segregation.

Tracy Turnblad is an overweight high school student living in Baltimore, Maryland Good Morning Baltimore. She and her classmate Penny Pingleton watch the The Corny Collins Show, a local teen dance television show, together The Nicest Kids in Town.The teenagers featured on the show attend Tracy and Pennys school, among them Amber von Tussle and her boyfriend Link Larkin, the lead male dancer. Ambers mother, Velma, manages WYZT and makes sure Amber is prominently featured. Corny Collins and the dancers on the show are white, and Velma only allows AfricanAmerican kids on the show once a month on Negro Day, hosted by RampB disc jockey Motormouth Maybelle. ........

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