Make A Movie of Hairspray!

[IWantToMarryBryanBatt]

Posted: 8/11/04 at 12:01pm

This show rocks. Who wants to see it in a movie theater?

[Unknown User]

Posted: 8/11/04 at 3:04pm

Um...it already is. It stars Ricki Lake as the fat girl. (I'm not familiar with hairspray, and i don't know character or actor names.) but www.imdb.com says it was a got movie. I don't think it's a musical though.

[StrStruckDreamr9]

Posted: 8/11/04 at 3:05pm

That was classic...

[ponine24601]

Posted: 8/11/04 at 3:15pm

haha. ricki lake played tracy.

[IWantToMarryBryanBatt]

Posted: 8/11/04 at 3:59pm

Must be a different movie with the same name..because there isn't a tracy in this Hairspray. So someone should make it!!

[Unknown User]

Posted: 8/11/04 at 4:04pm

Are you kidding?

[Unknown User]

Posted: 8/11/04 at 4:05pm

no, its the same thing...trust me. Here's the imdb.com link:

HAIRSPRAY: Get Back To Your Roots!

[Unknown User]

Posted: 8/11/04 at 4:09pm

I've never seen it, so I dunno....I'll have to find it.

[CurtainUp2]

Posted: 8/11/04 at 4:12pm

Hairspray originated as a movie directed by John Waters. It starred Divine and Ricki Lake. It was a movie with music, although not the original music that was written for the Broadway musical. Should it be re-made as a full blown movie musical (a la "The Producers") with the Broadway score? I say, NO! One "Hairspray" movie is enough! It's just another over-rated Braodway show! It was a second rate movie, and it's a second rate show! (Although I love Havery Firestein, and am very much looking forward to the revival of his "La Cage Aux Folles" later this year.)

Updated On: 8/11/04 at 04:12 PM

[Unknown User]

Posted: 8/11/04 at 4:15pm

it seems that "Curtain Up" only loves shows pre 2000. Live in the present pal.

[KMF_NYC]

Posted: 8/11/04 at 4:19pm

be careful Captain -- thems fighting words -- you DO NOT want to get into a discussionon the virtues of shows pre and post 2000...trust me, you will not win this one....

[IWantToMarryBryanBatt]

Posted: 8/11/04 at 4:19pm

Well the show is a totally different story with different characters, so I say YES! Let's get it made!!!

[Matt_G]

Posted: 8/11/04 at 4:19pm

Is that Bea Arthur in your icon?

[Unknown User]

Posted: 8/11/04 at 4:20pm

Matt, i wish that was you in your icon.

[Thoroughly Modern Cara]

Posted: 8/11/04 at 4:21pm

Umm...actually it's pretty much the same story and the same characters...

[Matt_G]

Posted: 8/11/04 at 4:21pm

I wish he was in me too, Captain

[KMF_NYC]

Posted: 8/11/04 at 4:29pm

hold on -- are we REALLY discussing if the Waters film was the basis of the current show on broadway musical they are "considering" to make a film of the musical version? ITS ALL THE SAME STORY KIDS

Updated On: 8/11/04 at 04:29 PM

[Unknown User]

Posted: 8/11/04 at 4:32pm

exactly...the scary woman pic with the big glasses said it wasn't. it is.

[CurtainUp2]

Posted: 8/11/04 at 4:39pm

Captain... I'm not your pal, you don't know me from Adam, and I live very much in the present, thank you. It's not true that I only like "pre-2000" shows, otherwise that's all I'd go to see! I LOVED "Movin' Out" and saw it three times. I thought "Caroline or Change" was an excellent night of theatre, I enjoyed "Wicked", and I even thought "Taboo" deserved a better reception and a longer run. I saw "Dracula" in previews last Saturday night, and while I thought it still needed some fine-tuning, I already have tickets to see it again in September. Five original Broadway musicals that are far from typical "pre-2000" Broadway fare, and I thoroughly enjoyed them all and would reccomnend any one of them. There now... you know a little bit more about me.

P.S. Oh and by the way, I look a lot like Matt's icon.

Updated On: 8/11/04 at 04:39 PM

[HunterFosterIsMyGod]

Posted: 8/11/04 at 4:58pm

i didn't like the hairspray movie. hmph... :)