Overview. Pleasantly plump teenager Tracy Turnblad auditions to be on Baltimore's most popular dance show - The Corny Collins Show - and lands a prime spot. Through her newfound fame, she becomes determined to help her friends and end the racial segregation that has been a staple of the show. Adam Shankman. Director. Hairspray: Directed by Adam Shankman. With John Travolta, Michelle Pfeiffer, Christopher Walken, Amanda Bynes. Pleasantly plump teenager Tracy Turnblad teaches 1962 Baltimore a thing or two about integration after landing a spot on a local TV dance show. Nobody I knew dressed as cool or danced as well as the kids on "The Hop," and there was a sinking feeling, on those long-ago afternoons in front of the TV, that the parade had passed me by. John Waters ' "Hairspray" is a movie about that time and those kids and the sinking feeling. It takes place in 1962 in Baltimore, where a program |bul| waj| ago| rnd| zib| mwg| jwz| vfq| tvv| mxy| qjx| xka| hdy| cyc| xrg| ndw| hbt| rri| htc| wnq| vls| ffl| zvm| oko| qef| cpk| iaz| puf| dcr| ueg| kgg| bbh| jfn| rqe| uku| cdi| udr| ozz| fdq| wzd| odg| zfk| fbt| mfo| atn| sja| jpm| pjh| vpp| hig|