Hairspray the 2007 film, is a musical comedy packed with
Hollywood heavy weights like John Travolta, Michelle Pfeiffer,
Christopher Walken and Queen Latifah. It tells the story of Tracy
Turnblad, a white, slightly overweight happy go lucky teenager
growing up in the City of Baltimore in America in the 1960s.
Tracy's mom Edna Turnblad is played brilliantly by John
Travolta ... yes, John Travolta plays a woman in this film and
he/she has some of the best comedic lines ever. Christopher Walken
plays the role of his/her love struck husband.
The remarkable thing about the film is that while watching and
laughing at the antics and jokes, enjoying the music and so on, you
begin to realise that Hairspray is actually a history lesson about
America in the 1960s. Through song and dance the viewer gets a good
sense of America at that time. From the Jackie Kennedy hairstyles
to the checked, plaid and bold colours of the fashion in those
days. You also see pregnant women smoking in
