Creeped Out By Travolta in Hairspray- Page 2

[SueleenGay]

Posted: 7/3/07 at 2:56pm

Have any of you SEEN the film? No? Then you can not say ANYTHING negative about it. Not ONE WORD! (According to Marc Shaimin, anyway.)

[Jane2]

Posted: 7/3/07 at 2:56pm

"I'm with you, Jane. Divine was simply, well, divine. I'm a big fan of the original film, and when I first saw it I didn't realize it was a woman"

But it wasn't a woman! that's how good Divine was.

[Broadwaybaby13]

Posted: 7/3/07 at 3:03pm

Oooh Snap!

[JerseyGirl2]

Posted: 7/3/07 at 3:04pm

It is all about his eyes! They are too close together. With the added face mass, it makes it worse. His Edna looks too young, if that makes any sense. He needs a beehive or something and some grey. Maybe we just haven't seen any shots pre makeover. It just seems like there is something else that I can't put my finger on. Once Divine and Harvey have played a role, it's hard to fill those pumps!

[doodlenyc]

Posted: 7/3/07 at 3:07pm

That's what I said JG! We always think alike.

[StageManager2]

Posted: 7/3/07 at 3:15pm

Jane, I meant "didn't realize it WASN't a woman."

So, will Travolta be playing the dual role of Arvin Hodgepile?

[RockabyeHamlet]

Posted: 7/3/07 at 3:25pm

The picture of him that used to be on the front page creeped me out as well. His face looks like a potato.

Updated On: 7/3/07 at 03:25 PM

[tazber]

Posted: 7/3/07 at 3:28pm

Ding ding ding!
That's it exactly rockabye! A potato!

[Weez]

Posted: 7/3/07 at 3:41pm

Have you kids heard the Uncanny Valley hypothesis?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uncanny_Valley

I wonder if we're getting that happening here. I know that 'Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within' was a deeply uncomfortable film for me to watch because of this (too real-looking for my brain to accept as fake, but too fake-looking for my brain to accept as real), maybe Travolta-as-a-woman is just not quite close enough to "fully human" for us to accept...

[Raviolisun]

Posted: 7/3/07 at 4:14pm

He creeps me out, too. But I'll still see it.

[AudreyTwoTwo]

Posted: 7/3/07 at 4:18pm

it really creeps me out, but so does Christopher Walken...

I'm gonna be dragged to the movie anyway.

[artscallion]

Posted: 7/3/07 at 5:29pm

Everybody sing..."One of these things is not like the other..."

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[Jane2]

Posted: 7/3/07 at 5:52pm

Yep, the first and the fourth are alike.
John Revoltapatch.

[Hank]

Posted: 7/3/07 at 8:48pm

The pictures don't look good, a bit too puffy, but hey! I'm really looking forward to this movie, so let's wait and see.
And as for that fake Southern accent, have any of you ever been to Bawlmer? One of my big complaints of the Broadway show is the mispronunciations of Baltimore (the t is silent).
Baltimore is a mix of North and South, the best of both worlds culturally, and great seafood too!

[ScottyDoesn'tKnow]

Posted: 7/3/07 at 9:44pm

Sarah Vowell said that visiting Baltimore makes you understand where John Waters comes from with his films.

[JerseyGirl2]

Posted: 7/3/07 at 9:56pm

Again, his face looks too young. He looks like a really young obese gal.

[withoutlovewithoutU]

Posted: 7/4/07 at 10:43am

Here's how I feel: Yes, he looks creepy, but I was expecting him to from the moment I heard he was cast. And the accent is pretty spot on according to my dad who lived in Baltimore for 7 years. He is defiantly doing a different take on the role, and I won't say if that's a good thing or a bad thing since I haven't seen the movie. Judging from the promos ans such I think that the movie should be good. The rest of the cast looks pretty fab. I love the look of the movie, it makes it feel like the 60's. Travolta's creepiness will not keep me away from the theater on July 20th.

[Auggie27]

Posted: 7/4/07 at 11:36am

Yet I see Edie Gorme...

...Or maybe, in this case, a new drag queen, "EATY GOURMET".

[Rathnait62]

Posted: 7/4/07 at 11:42am

Brilliant, Auggie!

[Craig]

Posted: 7/4/07 at 12:18pm

I find it ironic (and not in an amusing way) that you are all ripping on JT's appearance in this film - a film which one of the major messages is tolerance and to not judge people by appearances. Mock who you will... it's petty.

[FindingNamo]

Posted: 7/4/07 at 12:26pm

Especially when you consider some people who have had sensitive reactions to criticisms of their appearance in official photos and the like. At least JT's Edna isn't wearing glasses in the stills.

Everytime I pass a bus stop with a Hairspray movie poster I think, wow, I never thought I'd see this. I'm looking forward to it.

[Rathnait62]

Posted: 7/4/07 at 12:30pm

Namo, your obsession grows more and more pathetic. Don't bother denying it.

I never said a thing about Travolta's appearance, I was lauding Auggie for coming up with "Eaty Gourmet" - a great drag name. Pay attention before you post.

[FindingNamo]

Posted: 7/4/07 at 12:32pm

If I had been referring to you I would have said "squished straw hat." Although the chins are right.

[Auggie27]

Posted: 7/4/07 at 12:36pm

I't all my fault. I'm a notorious fat phobic, particularly when the fat isn't from too many Blizzards at the DQ, but is instead made of thousands of dollars of rubber foam and applied to a Scientologist. But I will also be there, opening weekend, and pay my money, full price, unless I get into a bargain matinee. In the meantime, I'm slightly Travolted, as is my right; hey, it's America.

[Rathnait62]

Posted: 7/4/07 at 12:44pm

That wasn't an "official" photo. It was taken by an unauthorized photographer, and posted here without authorization.

As you well know.

btw, that chin comment - was that fat bashing?

Updated On: 7/4/07 at 12:44 PM