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Has Quint gone crazy? Could HAIRSPRAY actually be a ton of fun? His new ShoWest report here!!

If hot fuzz gets better with every viewing by The hoff	Mar 15th, 2007 04:53:23 AM
then it'll probably take about 60 viewings for it to match the awesomeness that is Shaun of the Dead. Not that the fuzz is bad but SotD is so badass that there isn't even a scale for how tit-kickingly great it is.
TOO SOON!!! by BannedOnTheRun	Mar 15th, 2007 04:53:45 AM
Dude, I swear the John Waters movie came out not that long ago. Shit, that long ago? Really?
I could see how this could MAYBE be fun by IndustryKiller!	Mar 15th, 2007 05:08:29 AM
If there is a twisted Little SHop of Horrors atmosphere and they keep some of Water's subversive style. The cast isn't that bad, although Zac Efron seems to be the equivalent of this generations C. Thomas Howell mixed with David Cassidy. I've never seen or heard a single song from High School Musical but I can tell just from pictures it'll be impossible to make that kid look and act believably cool. it seems lately Travolta can do absolutely no right but maybe this'll remind me of his post Pulp Fiction period where he could do basically no wrong. And c'mon it's Walken married to a guy playing a fat woman.
Run and tell that... by lazarusl	Mar 15th, 2007 05:31:31 AM
I can see where Quint's coming from. My wife is a huge fan of the stage musical, and I bought her the soundtrack CD - and therefore subjected myself to hearing the songs over and over and over.. They're actually quite catchy, a lot of them aren't done in the over-the-top Broadway style.. and there's enough John Waters humor in the script that the cheesy plot doesn't make it entirely unwatchable. Oh, and the title of the song with the "blacker the berry..." chorus is "Run and Tell That!"
Travolta comeback number 3? Or is it 4 now? by dr_buggerlugs	Mar 15th, 2007 05:38:58 AM
I get the feeling Hairspray is gonna go down very well with a broad audience - probably those people afriad to see Dreamgirls - and Travolta in drag will be a pop culture phenomenon for a few minutes, people exclaiming another comeback, his hitherto untapped comic genius and Golden Globe nominations galore...
Scared of Dreamgirls? by weebay	Mar 15th, 2007 06:19:39 AM
Ok ummm.... why would people be scared to see Dreamgirls. It's a musical.
Damn you Michael Bay by MCMLXXVI	Mar 15th, 2007 06:34:48 AM
Damn you Michael Bay
Do the roach, bitches! by Zarles	Mar 15th, 2007 07:15:32 AM
Somebody fetch me my diet pills.
I hate Queen latifah by Lost Prophet	Mar 15th, 2007 07:34:20 AM
She is dreadful. I wish someone would remake Pink Flamingoes. Starring Michael Bay. That would be good- but they can't change the ending or substitute a prop.
The song is called "Run and Tell That." by Lenny Nero	Mar 15th, 2007 08:03:47 AM
And it's not hard to see why you liked the presentation, because it's quite a great musical, even by the standards of those who don't look forward to this kind of stuff. Marc Shaiman wrote the music, the script and lyrics are extremely funny and it's totally infectious. It's sort of an anti-musical.
Ooop, another person beat me to the musical knowledge. by Lenny Nero	Mar 15th, 2007 08:05:43 AM
And Zarles, they drop the "roach" storyline from the plot, sorry to tell ya.
NO ROACHES!? by Zarles	Mar 15th, 2007 08:20:24 AM
DO THE SCIENTOLOGISTS HAVE NO MERCY AT ALL?!
That name is familiar by Franklin T Marmoset	Mar 15th, 2007 08:27:33 AM
Is this director the guy who choreographed the Buffy musical Once More With Feeling? I'm sure I recognise the name, but I'm not sure from where. I'm not usually a musical kind of guy, but I do like me some John Waters so I might check this out.
Hairspray is far better musical than Grease... by 2for2true	Mar 15th, 2007 08:42:54 AM
I've seen both on stage, and while Grease made a great movie the staged version is pretty bad....so bad that the recent UK version actually added some tunes from the movie that weren't in the orginal broadway show. While I don't know how the movie will turn out, the braodway show was far more entertaining than just about anything else I've seen there in the past ten years, with the exception of The Producers. I think the music was written by the same guys that did the songs for the South Park movie....
Travolta is just divine. by Douche Baggins	Mar 15th, 2007 09:09:50 AM
Is it a requirement that Edna Turnblad be played by gay men?
Why not hire real, live fat people? by Doctor_Sin	Mar 15th, 2007 09:15:18 AM
I forgot - Hollywood has had them exterminated.
"written by the same guys that did "South Park"" by number5withabullet	Mar 15th, 2007 09:25:47 AM
uh, you mean Trey Parker and Matt Stone?
They did. by Reelheed	Mar 15th, 2007 09:26:22 AM
that is all.
Travolta in fat suit as a woman=Battlefield Earth by uss cygnus	Mar 15th, 2007 09:47:27 AM
It is complete sacrilege that Harvey Fierstein did not reprise his Broadway role as Edna. I hope Christopher Walken and Spike Jonze can sneak into the editing suite and cut in "Weapon Of Choice" into this somehow...Travolta is a joke, otherwise, this movie could become quite the beloved musical, even on the level of a "Grease", if they pull it off right. I hope they do.
Grease is better! by Power_Girl	Mar 15th, 2007 09:50:02 AM
Hairspray is good but the show kind of fizzels out after the first couple of songs. All the songs are good but only three or four are top notch songs. All Grease songs are great same with The Wedding Singer. You can not go wrong with The Wedding Singer musical it's top notch unlike the film it's based on.
James Marsden! The one good thing in Superman Returns by CarmillaVonDoom	Mar 15th, 2007 10:19:41 AM
True
Let's see Travolta do THIS! by JustinSane	Mar 15th, 2007 10:41:12 AM
"The filthiest people alive?" Well, you think you know someone filthier? Watch as Divine proves that not only is she the filthiest person in the world, she's also the filthiest actress in the world! What you are about to see is THE REAL THING!
Marc Shaiman did the songs for "South Park: BLU." by Lenny Nero	Mar 15th, 2007 10:47:07 AM
And the roach storyline was dropped because the new version focuses far more on the race relations of Baltimore and the Corny Collins Show. And as far as "Grease" onstage goes, they've been putting in songs from the movie for about 15 years now. It's really quite awkward, making an already disjointed show even more haphazard.
It's a great stage musical. by Barry Egan	Mar 15th, 2007 11:11:48 AM
The Marc Shaiman songs in it are so good it seems nearly unfuckupable. However, I am curious to see how the handle the drag role. The original was an indie John Waters film and the drag queen Divine played the mother role. I think the audience of a Waters picture sort of expected her. They retained the drag element for the stage show and it worked there too, but that is live theater which requires more suspension of disbelief. Plus, the history of theater is loaded with men playing women. Now for this movie (which is going to be hyped as a mainstream family movie and not as an indie John Waters film) they have retained the drag element. How do they handle it? To me that is the crux that will decide whether or not the new movie works. That said, I think Travolta is inspired casting.
John Waters is one of the very few artists... by 3 Bag Enema	Mar 15th, 2007 01:24:41 PM
...who can do no wrong as far as I'm concerned. I'm glad to see he's decided to do more performing; I've always thought he should have put himself in more of his stuff, and have always been a big fan of his nightclub act (now available on DVD!). As for this musical... well, if it were Desperate Living: The Musical, I'd be more excited.
Aren't they also doing a Broadway version of Cry Baby? by Barry Egan	Mar 15th, 2007 04:36:09 PM
I thought i had read that....
Crybaby by kitkats99	Mar 15th, 2007 06:37:41 PM
They are doing a musical version of Crybaby. It was supposed to premiere last month at the 5th avenue theatre in Seattle, but has been postponed to premiere next season in California instead, and then will make its way to Broadway. On Hairspray..its one of the most fun Broadway shows I have ever seen, and I defy anybody to see it without having multiple songs stuck in their head for days afterwards. Its going to be a fantastic film.
Can't wait... by Fleet	Mar 15th, 2007 09:08:34 PM
The footage Ive seen of this film... not to mention actually seeing the stage-show itself on broadway, has me itching to this this film - It should be awesome... But, personally, Im hanging out for a movie version of Wicked - I just hope that (if it gets done) it doesn't get fucked up the ass like RENT was when it was torn to pieces and made into a movie... Dreamgirls has hopefully raised the bar in regards to musical-films... RENT is such an amazing musical on stage, but was totally fucked up when it was brought to the screen - But it seems like Dreamgirls escaped that... Hopefully, Hairspray will be successful... and it will pave the way for Wicked...
Pink Flamingos musical! by Poacher	Mar 16th, 2007 12:10:57 AM
C'mon, a singing asshole? What could be more entertaining?

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