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Hairspray (2007)

★ 6.7 · 2,612 ratings on TMDB

When you follow your own beat, the world will follow you.

Hairspray poster★ 6.7

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.

DirectorAdam Shankman
CastAmanda Bynes, Brittany Snow, Christopher Walken, Elijah Kelley, James Marsden, John Travolta
GenresComedy, Drama, Romance
The emergence reading

Hairspray keeps every mind human — it fights its subject at zero distance. The story fights on E8/E9/E10 of the E0–E14 reality ladder, compressing prejudice, media, body, integration, activism.

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Same rung, same subject

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Same people

Shared director or cast.

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