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Hairspray may need better marketing
C is for Company
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/16/05
#25re: Hairspray may need better marketing
Posted: 4/28/07 at 6:08pmI don't really follow the opinions or buzz on the film so far, but I LOVED the trailer I saw on tv the other day. I think this one really is going to hit the mark.
FindingNamo
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/22/03
#26re: Hairspray may need better marketing
Posted: 4/28/07 at 6:49pm
What's in this for the "Snakes on a Plane" crowd?
The what now? The cosmic punchline turned out to be that there was no "Snakes on a Plane" crowd.
#27re: Hairspray may need better marketing
Posted: 4/28/07 at 6:57pm
Have you even watched the trailer? There's singing and dancing in classrooms, the street, all over the shop, not JUST the TV studio. I'm pretty sure most people would be able to tell "aha, musical" from it. :P
blaxx
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/28/05
#28re: Hairspray may need better marketing
Posted: 4/28/07 at 7:42pmReally? Mmm, must be watching the wrong trailer then. Who besides Efron and Latifah sing in it and outside a "performance" context? Because I can sure never see another character singing that is not on a stage or a TV set. Yes, I see a lot of dancing, like there was a lot of dancing in the original non-musical film.
#29re: Hairspray may need better marketing
Posted: 4/28/07 at 8:20pm
"Well, the story in Hairspray is outdated and sort of lame, so all they are left with is advertising the cast."
Yes, it's out of date now that racism doesn't exist anymore.
siny
Broadway Star Joined: 2/8/07
#30re: Hairspray may need better marketing
Posted: 4/28/07 at 8:26pmYeah, because segregated dance shows is a big problem today.
mateo
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/8/06
#31re: Hairspray may need better marketing
Posted: 4/28/07 at 8:35pm
Substitue 'dance show' for any show on tv today.
It's still a topical subject.
-Adam Shankman.
"I haven't left this building since Windows 3.1!"
"Celebrating a birthday this week: Rene Descartes is 412! Do you know who he is? Then why are you watching this show? You could probably get into college and even get one of those job things. As for the rest of us; Amanda Bynes is 22! Yay!"
-E!'s "The Soup"
#32re: Hairspray may need better marketing
Posted: 4/29/07 at 1:57pm
Well to add my two cents, I think the film may be the sleeper hit of the summer. At least I am hoping. It does have a lot of stiff competition. I actually just watched that special on E! this morning, every film except for maybe like 3 or something was a sequel. People may be getting sick of sequels.
What I love about the marketing of Hairspray is that they are releasing it in the summer which I think is brilliant. For the past couple years of the new musical revolution in hollywood. A majority of musicals have been released during the oscar contender season. Thinking that just because and actor can sing and dance they should be an oscar contender. As a musical Hairspray has summer movie written all over it.
Remember Moulin Rouge was released during the summer and that from what I recall did pretty well.
I also like the trailer. I love the fact that it does not resemble the stage show nor the older film. It is definitly it's own piece and I think that is fantastic.
mateo
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/8/06
#33re: Hairspray may need better marketing
Posted: 4/30/07 at 2:21pm
Hairspray was just nominated for an MTV Movie Award in their category 'Best Summer Movie You Haven’t Seen Yet' along side Harry Potter 5, Evan Almighty, Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer, Transformers, and Rush Hour 3.
So it's definitely out there in the public radar.
If you want to vote for Hairspray or whichever you wish, go here: http://www.mtv.com/ontv/movieawards/ma07/vote.jhtml?categoryId=best_summer
-Adam Shankman.
"I haven't left this building since Windows 3.1!"
"Celebrating a birthday this week: Rene Descartes is 412! Do you know who he is? Then why are you watching this show? You could probably get into college and even get one of those job things. As for the rest of us; Amanda Bynes is 22! Yay!"
-E!'s "The Soup"
#34re: Hairspray may need better marketing
Posted: 4/30/07 at 3:02pmAccording to IMDB.com, Harry Potter comes out the 13th while Hairspray comes out the 20th. This might now be a bad thing. While Harry will still probably be tops at the box office by its second week, a lot of the real die-hards will probably have seen it already in the first week it came out. Therefore, I think Hairspray should have a good shot at opening in the top 5 for a weekend or two.
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