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This is my favorite version

posted 16 years ago by Britlove
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I really don't understand people who hate this movie. I think it is the original and BEST incarnation of Hairspray. Why? It's plain and simple. It's the FUNNIEST and WITTIEST version. I don't care that it's not a musical, the soundtrack is AMAZING and introduced me to some awesome oldies which I would've never heard before. Plus I think the characters in this version are again just FUNNIER!! I've watched this movie 100000 times and it never gets old, whereas I watched the movie muscial once, liked it, but missed the funny and i love musicals!!!

[–] strange-emily88 12 years ago

This is my favorite too. I didn't enjoy the new one and I also like musicals. But I think the music in this one and the dialogue made this film. John Waters depicted a part of history in a way that was a bit over the top and yet funny. The older I get the more I can appreciate it.

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[–] Trippetta10 11 years ago

It bothered me how Edna's character was completely changed in the remake so that she came across as an insecure sad sack. (I don't blame Travolta for this at all; this is just how the role was rewritten). Edna as played by Divine already knew she was divine, and this is what made her such an iconic, larger-than-life character.