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Hairspray FULL Reaction (Patreon)

Published:
2023-12-27 18:21:02
Edited:
2024-01-03 19:58:07
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2026-06
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Had a great time with this movie (sorry I didn't have a thumbnail ready in time for Patreon)

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Hairspray FULL

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Stacey

I'm so excited to watch this reaction a bit later today. Can I ask why when you do movie reactions alone they movie is blurred but when you do them with your girlfriend they arnt. Just curious, I don't know much about Patreon rules etc :) so excited for more friends and buffy reactions they make me soooo happy

Laura

So glad you watched this! Besides the amazing music, & great story. I do disagree on your Corny Collins interpretation though. I've seen it a bunch, and everytime I'm more convinced he's on the side of possitivity/integration but he just never knew the best way to do it. From the beginning you know he's a good guy, and his pulling Maybelle onstage at the end says it's her time. You can tell it isn't a stunt for his own image, he really wants it for her, and he enjoys being a part of it any way he can be. (James Marsden really was a great choice for that role).

Heida

This movie is based on the 2002 Broadway musical which was based on the original movie from 1988. The musical is very popular but as for the movies, in this case the remake is generally considered better. Although the 1988 movie had a great cast like Ricki Lake, Divine, Debbie Harry (of Blondie), Sonny Bono (as in Sonny & Cher) and Jerry Stiller. John Travolta's casting as Edna continued the tradition of having a man in drag portray the character, since the 1988 film featured drag queen Divine as Edna and the Broadway version featured Harvey Fierstein as Edna. Steve Martin, Robin Williams and Tom Hanks were considered for the role of Edna. Travolta spoke with an exaggerated Baltimore accent. Also fun fact: Divine was the inspiration for Ursula from The Little Mermaid (I highly recommend the new live action movie). Another fun fact: One day between takes John Travolta began singing Summer Nights from Grease to the cast. Nikki Blonsky was completely unknown and working in an ice cream shop when she auditioned for the role at 18. Aside from being in a few high school productions, she had no professional acting or singing background at the time, and beat out 1.100 candidates. Here is footage of her reaction to getting the part: https://youtu.be/ZcgNDozn9-I She's been in a few movies and TV shows since then but nothing big, which is a shame. She was always typecasted as the 'fat girl' and Hollywood apparently didn't have any decent roles for her. Unfortunately, less than a year after the release of this movie, Blonsky and her parents were arrested for racial assault after being involved in a brawl at a Caribbean airport. The charges were dropped 5 months later. Link's look is based on Elvis Presley. Zac Efron's big break was of course High School Musical (which I recommend). However, he did not sing (barely) in the first one but he did sing in 2 and 3. Hairspray was released a month before HSM 2 so this was the first time we really heard him sing. Zac's voice has evolved so much and he's honestly a very underrated singer AND actor. Some of the movies he's in are too ridiculous for me but I love how he does both comedy and drama so well. His versatility is amazing. I recommend 17 Again (where he plays a younger version of Matthew Perry's character), Charlie St.Cloud and The Lucky One. He and Michelle Pfeiffer also worked together again on New Year's Eve, which has a star studded cast. An extremely underrated role of his is Ted Bundy in Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile. The movie was controversial because some people thought it glorified serial killers, especially by casting someone like Zac. But Bundy being "good looking", charming and well respected in the community was how he lured his victims and how he got away with it for so long. People also did not take into consideration that the movie is from his girlfriend's perspective. I personally thought it was really good and Zac did an amazing job. He was so creepy and looked so much like him. Michelle Pfeiffer has been in some great movies and is very versatile too. For thriller/horror I suggest What Lies Beneath, for drama I suggest The Deep End of the Ocean and for fantasy I suggest Stardust. She was also in Grease 2, which is not considered good though, but her and John Travolta in a movie together is wild. Meryl Streep and Madonna were considered for the role. James Marsden who plays Corny Collins is in Enchanted and Disenchanted (which I recommend). Other than these movies he hasn't done that much singing professionally (which is shocking considering how good he is). He's been in several rom coms like The Notebook, 27 Dresses and The Best of Me. Coincidentally, The Notebook and The Best of Me are both based on Nicholas Sparks novels. In the latter he replaced Paul Walker as the lead after his death. James Marsden beat out both Joey McIntyre and Hugh Jackman for the part. Queen Latifah, who plays Motormouth Maybelle, is a rapper and singer as well as being an actress. She was also in the musicals Chicago and Joyful Noise. Aretha Franklin auditioned for the role but lost out to Latifah. Amanda Bynes who plays Penny was a child actress on Nickelodeon. She was also in several popular movies in early-mid 2000s, like She's The Man and What a Girl Wants. She has struggled with mental health and substance abuse, and was in a conservatorship from 2013-2022. Like Britney, she's been through a lot and Hollywood kinda turned its back on her. Don't know if you recognised her but Brittany Snow who plays Amber was Chloe in Pitch Perfect (the one who got nodes and sang in the shower with Anna Kendrick. She started on the soap opera Guiding Light and has been in movies such as John Tucker Must Die and Prom Night (very different but I recommend both). Elijah Kelley who plays Seaweed was in The Wiz Live with Queen Latifah. He was also in a few episodes of the musical TV show Star which Queen Latifah starred in as well. Inez is based in part upon Ruby Bridges, the first black child to attend a formerly all-white school in the state of Louisiana. Tayla Parx, the actress who portrays her, is a singer/songwriter. She has written and co-written songs for Mariah Carey, Jennifer Lopez, Alicia Keys, Christina Aguilera, Demi Lovato and Justin Bieber, along with several songs with her friend Ariana Grande (including Thank You, Next). Last year, she starred as Donna Summer in Spinning Gold, a biographical drama based on the life of Casablanca Records founder Neil Bogart. There were a few minor roles/cameos: Jerry Stiller (Wilbur in the 1988 movie) played Mr. Pinky in this one. Ricki Lake (Tracy in 1988 movie) and Adam Shankman (choreographer/director of this movie) both appear as talent agents. John Waters (writer/director of 1988 movie) appears as the flasher who lives next door. Ricki Lake also sang Mama I'm A Big Girl Now with Nikki Blonsky and Marissa Jaret Winokur (Broadway's Tracy) for the film's end credits. Harvey Fierstein (Broadway's Edna) had a brief singing cameo in the end credits for that too. Stephen "tWitch" Boss appears as a background dancer. There is a closeup of him in the final song after Inez wins and the show is officially integrated, with Amber watching. He was a DJ/guest host/producer on The Ellen DeGeneres Show. He was also in So You Think You Can Dance and some of the Step Up movies. He tragically died by suicide on December 13th 2022 at the age of 40. Because of the fast paced lyrics of the songs, most of the cast jokingly called the last song You Can't Stop the Beat "You can't stop to breathe". Queen Latifah said she had no trouble with it because of her background as a rapper. Cool little thing not many people notice, and I don't know if it was done on purpose, but during Seaweed's song Run and Tell That - Tracy, Penny and Link (the white people) are at the back of the bus while Seaweed, Inez and the dancers are at the front (the poc). Penny's dress in the final song was made from the curtains in her room (an homage to The Sound of Music). Also, Amanda Bynes' father, who is a dentist, became very worried for her dental health, as it was estimated she ate about 40 lollipops a day. She told him that she wasn't really eating all of them, when in reality she ate them all. She is literally Willy Wonka. It took John Travolta four hours to put on the 30-pound fat suit and 5 gel-filled silicone face prosthetics to become Edna Turnblad, while Amanda Bynes's pigtails alone took two hours of preparation every morning. According to the DVD commentary, director Adam Shankman made Zac Efron make out with the picture frame for "hour after hour after hour". Lastly, there is a deleted song/scene called "I Can Wait", sung by Tracy. It's actually a shame because it shows a different side to her voice, more soft and gentle: https://youtu.be/8MNxrzvG96I There is also another song sung by Link called "It Takes Two". He only sings the ending when they're announcing the auditions (and it's on the soundtrack): https://youtu.be/8BJ8sAV5Aj498 So for musicals I recommend High School Musical 1-3, Enchanted and its sequel, The Little Mermaid live action, Les Miserables, Elvis and Selena (although the last two are more biographical dramas than musicals). Kudos to you if you read all that!

Claudi H

Nick, your comment on seeing Walken dance for the first time: he's a trained dancer and and got his start in a production of West Side Story! Most people know that he's danced in Fatboy Slim's music video Weapon of Choice (which you should watch really - maybe for your music channel! ). However, one of my personal favourites is Walken's tap routine in Pennies from Heaven (with Steve Martin). If you got roughly 4min to spare, I highly recommend (to everyone; he really gets started around 1:40)!: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TnX-W56xZnk Walken's got the moves xD

Juley

Such a great film! I was surprised you didn’t seem to recognize Queen Latifah. She did an amazing job. Another great musical you should watch is Chicago. Queen Latifah is incredible in it, but she’s just one of a star-studded cast in an awesome show!

Tingeling

I love this movie! Such a great cast, and great music. Apparently, the first time Nikki Blonsky (Tracy) met Travolta she was really nervous, but he exclaimed ”Come to mommy” and gave her a big hug. That’s just so endearing to me. A few suggestions for other musicals to watch if you haven’t already: ”Phantom of the Opera” (definitely go with the 25th anniversary version at Royal Albert Hall rather than the movie; it’s ten times better, and can be watched for free on YT), ”West Side Story” (I prefer the Spielberg version, far more character depth), ”Sound of Music”, ”Jesus Christ Superstar” (for easter maybe?), ”Moulin Rouge”, ”Dreamgirls”, ”Into the Woods” (the filmed stage show, not the movie), and ”Straight Outta Compton” (not a musical as such, but features a lot of music).

Viera Galikova

would be nice to also see reaction to "The Guy Who Didn't Like Musicals" by Starkid... musical nerds reacting to it always get the subversions, unlike me, when i first watched it.