Starring John Travolta, Queen Latifah, and Nikki Blonsky
Part of the John Waters film fest, this remake of the 1988 cult classicHairspray is about a pleasantly plump girl teenager who teaches 1962 Baltimore a thing or two about integration after landing a spot on a local TV dance show. It will be introduced by a student in the communication course John Waters and American Culture.
The festival culminates in a talk by John Waters himself, on Thursday, March 24 at 7:30 pm in the Lily Reid Holt Memorial Chapel.
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Other films in the festival include:
Pink Flamingos (Thursday, January 13, 4:15 pm)
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Polyester (Tuesday, January 25, 6:00 pm)
Hairspray (1988) Thursday, February 10, 4:15 pm)
Serial Mom (Tuesday, February 22, 6:00 pm)
Pecker (Thursday, March 3, 4:15 pm)
Cecil B. Demented (Tuesday, March 15, 6:00 pm)
John Waters and Pop Culture: a showing of Waters' appearances, commercials, and other showings. (Tuesday, March 22, 6:00 pm)
