It's not necessarily reinventing the wheel, but embracing its history. It looks like the newest version of Hairspray will be following in the footsteps of its predecessors. Though the bones of the story remain the same throughout its various versions, Hairspray has already been transformed into something bigger than its beginnings. In many ways, most of the changes to Hairspray have already been made: in translating it from a scrappy indie John Waters movie to a Broadway spectacular, there was already a shift to more expensive production, brighter colors, bigger moments, and a flashier style. But I have no desire to sit through it again. John Waters 1988 Hairspray took place in 1962s Baltimore, and starred Ricki Lake as Tracy Turnblad, an overweight hyperactive teenager who just wants to dance, and has a progressive view on integration.
More Divine in the movie wouldve helped, and I do think it has a great soundtrack of some early 60s gems. Hairspray the movie shows how relevant the musical still is, no matter which format it comes in. I like a lot of John Waters movies, but I think the original Hairspray is too much of a disjointed mess.
That musical eventually turned into a 2007 film, and now NBC is making Hairspray the next live TV musical event.
Though music was integral to the film, it wasn't a musical that changed when it was adapted for Broadway and became a Tony award-winning success. It began its life as a 1988 John Waters movie that starred Ricki Lake and dealt with Waters' favorite themes of music, style, teenage delinquency, and being an outsider, all wrapped up in one fantastically weird package. Hairspray has seen more than a few iterations come and go.
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