Who didn't think Hairspray was *that* great?- Page 5

[best12bars]

re: Who didn't think Hairspray was *that* great?#100

Posted: 7/24/07 at 5:06pm

If you add more camp in, you will lose one audience to gain another (smaller but loyal one).

I think they made the right choice. We already have a campy movie called "Hairspray."

"Jaws is the Citizen Kane of movies."

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[husk_charmer]

re: Who didn't think Hairspray was *that* great?#101

Posted: 7/24/07 at 5:15pm

fenchurch-
My "Good Morning Baltimore" complaint.

Best12-
Yes, we did, and there was no need for a remake, especially one as bad as this was (in my opinion).

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[Fenchurch]

re: Who didn't think Hairspray was *that* great?#102

Posted: 7/24/07 at 5:18pm

You mean about no one else singing?

I didnt even think about it. It didnt even cross my mind. A wonderful decision if you asked me. Reminded me of the brilliant opening of the South Park movie musical, which I think is one of the best Movie Musicals made in the last 20 years.

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[LoringsGuy]

re: Who didn't think Hairspray was *that* great?#103

Posted: 7/24/07 at 5:18pm

But this wasn't a remake---it was a film version of the B'way stage musical.

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[best12bars]

re: Who didn't think Hairspray was *that* great?#104

Posted: 7/24/07 at 5:23pm

Actually, it was neither. It was an adaptation of the stage musical, which means it was... you know... ADAPTED.

Not Xeroxed, copied, rehashed, revived or remade.

Everyone's entitled to say it worked or didn't, and you're entitled to prefer one version over the other.

I like each one, individually, and for different reasons.

"Jaws is the Citizen Kane of movies."

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[husk_charmer]

re: Who didn't think Hairspray was *that* great?#105

Posted: 7/24/07 at 5:25pm

Technically a remake would be anything that revisits an original work, with the same story, same characters, same time period with minor changes...typically for the worse. It is a film adaptation of the musical, yes, but the film is still a remake of the original.

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[LoringsGuy]

re: Who didn't think Hairspray was *that* great?#106

Posted: 7/24/07 at 5:27pm

Best12Bars--good point. Adaptation. Yeah...what he said.

"Word of advice: Be who you are, wear what you want---just learn how to run real fast." Marc, UGLY BETTY

[Fenchurch]

re: Who didn't think Hairspray was *that* great?#107

Posted: 7/24/07 at 5:29pm

"technically" doesn't really count for much though, does it?

The 88 film was going for a different audience, it was directed with a certain idea in mind, especially when you consider John Waters' cult status, and his other films.

To turn it into a musical at all was the subvert it, which is one of the reasons its so interesting.

And to say that because they share certain traits means they are comparable is to ignore all that is staring you in the face saying "they aren't the same"

and what is starting at you in the face is pretty glaring.

So be "technical" in one hand and sh*t in the other...see which one fills up first, HuskCharmer

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[best12bars]

re: Who didn't think Hairspray was *that* great?#108

Posted: 7/24/07 at 5:31pm

That may be where it's not working with you, Husk. You're thinking of it as a remake of the movie (or the play or both), and it's not connecting to, or "reprising," the original material enough for you.

"Jaws is the Citizen Kane of movies."

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[Roscoe]

re: Who didn't think Hairspray was *that* great?#109

Posted: 7/24/07 at 6:30pm

I mentioned this in my review on my blog, but did anyone else find the movie to be, well, rather chaste? The original film and the musical makes it very clear that there's some serious making out going on between Tracy and Link and between Seaweed and Penny. The girls are in serious lust for those boys, and that felt very missing from the musical film. I don't think Tracy and Link even kiss until the musical film's final number, do they?

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[SporkGoddess]

re: Who didn't think Hairspray was *that* great?#110

Posted: 7/24/07 at 8:46pm

Fenchurch: But in the South Park movie, the entire town ended up singing. Or is that not what you meant?

Jimmy, what are you doing here in the middle of the night? It's almost 9 PM!