Hairspray: Difference between revisions

** {{spoiler|In the play anyway. In the second movie, she stays pissy throughout, probably due to losing her job.}}

* [[But Not Too Black]]: Nicely averted, since following the trope would have destroyed the point.

* [[California Doubling]]: Many of the Baltimore scenes were shot in Toronto.

* [[The Cameo]]: The 2007 film features several. [[John Waters]], director of the 1988 film, appears as a flasher, and director Adam Shankman, composer/lyricist Mark Shaiman, co-composer/lyricist Scott Wittman and Ricki Lake (Tracy from the 1988 film) all play talent agents. The associate choreographers also make apperances.

** Also in the movie musical, Jerry Stiller, who played Wilbur Turnblad in the original movie, played Mr. Pinky, who ran a plus-sized boutique and wanted Tracy to do commercials for him when she became a hit on the Corny Collins show.

* [[Casting Gag]]: In the 2007 film, Jerry Stiller plays fashion store owner Mr Pinky. Stiller played Wilbur Turnblad in the original 1988 film. Several other actors from the original and the director appear as well, see "The Cameo".

* [[The Cast Showoff]]: Several members of the cast were picked either because their musical talents were largely unknown to the general public (Marsden, Walken, Bynes) or had simply been forgotten about in recent years (Travolta, Pfeiffer)

* [[Cavalier Competitor]]: Amber after losing; quickly in the 2007 film, gradually as "You Can't Stop The Beat" goes on in the musical. Also counts as [[Graceful Loser]].

* [[Jerkass]]: Velma Von Tussle in the musical and even more so in it's film adaptation (where she's less [[Laughably Evil]]), and Amber Von Tussle for a good while due to emulating her mother.

** The whole Von Tussle family takes this to ridiculously extreme levels in the original 1988 film. Tracy and (especially) Edna have their moments there too, in stark contrast to the kind people they are in the musical and 2007 film.

* [[Lean and Mean]]: "[[Villain Song|I never drank one chocolate malt / No desserts for Miss Baltimore Crabs]]..."

** "[[Honey Trap|I bet you're tired of heavy lifting / Get your hands on something small]]."