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#1

Some Things I Noticed In Hairspray........

Posted: 7/23/07 at 12:15pm

1. Remember when that clip of Welcome to the 60's was released a little while back? Well, if you remember, someone pointed out that the black dress that is hanging up in Edna's dressing room appears when Edna enters the dressing room, and then dissapears when Edna is revealed in her new dress. After seeing the movie again last night, I realized that it no longer dissapears! Did they re-shoot this scene?

2. Also during Welcome to the 60's, There is a moment where the Dynamite's sing on the bench. I think it comes where they sing "You should add some color and a fresh new do...." Is it just me, or is the Dynamite on the far left of the bench mouthing the words that the other Dynamite sings before her part starts? (I hope that made sense)

Did anyone else notice these things?

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#2

re: Some Things I Noticed In Hairspray........

Posted: 7/23/07 at 12:25pm

Seaweed --

I'll have to be on the lookout for those. I'm prone to seeing more continuity problems in films that I feel strongly about. As a costumer, it's usually centered around the costumes...but also the fact that there is more movement in a film musical...and continuity can be a b!tch.

I adored the costumes in this movie...and the only thing that irked me were the type of sequins they used on Tracy's YCSTB dress (which is actually a mod fashion...which is late 60's). They're hologram sequins...which didn't appear on the fashion scene until the 1990's. No big deal, though...just something I noticed.
#4

re: Some Things I Noticed In Hairspray........

Posted: 7/23/07 at 12:56pm

yes thats the bench- that is a place holder design for wide shots - or what have you.

-Thats not what it looks like in the movie. Their faces fill more of the poster out.



and as far as "Barbra" dress goes. It seems to me taht they went in and digitally added it.

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#5

re: Some Things I Noticed In Hairspray........

Posted: 7/23/07 at 1:03pm

Also, Marc Shaiman has (it seems) repeatedly explained the purpose for Tracy's 'mod-like' ensemble at the end of the film.

I'm not going to elaborate on it as most already know why she's wearing that and how it symbolizes Tracy Turnblad, et al.

#6

re: Some Things I Noticed In Hairspray........

Posted: 7/23/07 at 1:33pm

There's a couple shots of amber in the middle where you see the ring on her necklace, then it cuts to a close up and the necklace looks like the ring is in the back and it's tight around her neck, and then when it comes back to a wider shot, the necklace is back to normal...that was really the only thing I noticed.
#8

re: Some Things I Noticed In Hairspray........

Posted: 7/23/07 at 1:41pm

perhaps they recorded the dynamites with the intention that one girl would sing back up- and then they decided not to. ?

haha - I dunno- I am seeing it today I'll look for it.
"Zac is sweet as can be. He's very much just a sweet kid from California who happens to have a face that looks like it was drawn by Michelangelo, (if Michelangelo did anime)."
-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!"
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#9

re: Some Things I Noticed In Hairspray........

Posted: 7/23/07 at 2:58pm

What about when the history teacher says "aBOOT" instead of "aBOUT"? I know she's Canadian, but did no one else catch this?! Continuity in accents, people!
#10

re: Some Things I Noticed In Hairspray........

Posted: 7/23/07 at 3:01pm

I did yeah.
"Zac is sweet as can be. He's very much just a sweet kid from California who happens to have a face that looks like it was drawn by Michelangelo, (if Michelangelo did anime)."
-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"
#11

re: Some Things I Noticed In Hairspray........

Posted: 7/23/07 at 3:07pm

Also, in the opening montage, you see the music store guy open the black grating all the way. Then when Tracy goes past as she's singing Good Morning Baltimore, the grate is still closed over the windows.

And the whoopee cushions Wilbur makes his bed out of are modern whoopee cushions. They are the kind that self inflate (thanks to some sort of spongy material inside of them). The whoopee cushions back then had to be blown up.
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#12

re: Some Things I Noticed In Hairspray........

Posted: 7/23/07 at 3:17pm

It is funny... the things I noticed where more of some of the small inside jokes. I have seen it twice now and I am just now getting the looks and the comments and the small talk that happens around the set. Like the fact that Penny's mom is reading a joke book with her rosery when tracy comes for help. It is the small things that make it even funnier the second time.

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#13

re: Some Things I Noticed In Hairspray........

Posted: 7/23/07 at 3:21pm

Things like this make me happy:

re: Some Things I Noticed In Hairspray........

A lil "Female Trouble" homage.
"Zac is sweet as can be. He's very much just a sweet kid from California who happens to have a face that looks like it was drawn by Michelangelo, (if Michelangelo did anime)."
-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"
#14

re: Some Things I Noticed In Hairspray........

Posted: 7/23/07 at 3:24pm

I noticed that during "You Can't Stop the Beat" that you can see the "agents" from a distance in their seats, then when the camera is at that same angle a little while after one of the seats is empty. It was very noticeable because the seat is orange.
Hey Dottie! Did your colleagues enjoy the cake even though your cat decided to sit on it? ~GuyfromGermany
#15

re: Some Things I Noticed In Hairspray........

Posted: 7/23/07 at 3:30pm

May be he went to the bathroom.
"Zac is sweet as can be. He's very much just a sweet kid from California who happens to have a face that looks like it was drawn by Michelangelo, (if Michelangelo did anime)."
-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"
#18

re: Some Things I Noticed In Hairspray........

Posted: 7/23/07 at 4:08pm

well- John Waters said it was.

"Zac is sweet as can be. He's very much just a sweet kid from California who happens to have a face that looks like it was drawn by Michelangelo, (if Michelangelo did anime)."
-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"
#19

re: Some Things I Noticed In Hairspray........

Posted: 7/24/07 at 9:01am

When Tracy has the thermomitor in her mouth she is still singing even when her mouth is closed.
A young actress with Noel coward after a dreadful opening night performance said to him 'Well, i knew my lines backwards this morning!'' Noels fast reply was ''Yes dear, and thats exactly how you said them tonight'!'

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