Talk:Hairspray (1988 film)

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Contents 1 Miss Auto Show 1962 2 No subject 3 merge 4 Merge 5 Hairspray (1988 film)? 6 Copying 7 tone 8 Working title 9 Remark in lead 10 Hairspray (2007 film) peer review 11 Fair use rationale for Image:Hairsprayfilm.jpg 12 Please keep plot summary brief

[edit] Miss Auto Show 1962

I thought it was Miss Hairspray 62, wasn't it? MichiganHottay14 (talk) 21:33, 16 March 2008 (UTC)

The film is set in 1962, but Tracy and Amber compete for the title of Miss Auto Show 1963. I would happily watch the 1988 version of Hairspray a dozen times to clear up any facts — I'd rather watch Divine than John Travolta smarming his way through a film (tho' I gotta admit, Travolta does a pretty good Baltimore accent). Kinkyturnip (talk) 03:50, 30 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] No subject

i marked it for deletion because it is empty and redundant, since there is already an entry for hairspray (movie)

[edit] merge

Tracy Turnblad should be merged here. —Quarl ^(talk) 2006-01-19 09:04Z

agree --geekyßroad 02:10, 1 February 2006 (UTC)

I agree

agree --BDrischBDemented 22:18, 25 April 2006 (UTC)

I agree too

agree kju 12:53, 22 July 2006 (UTC)

agree - adding to my TODO list Zena Dhark…·°º•ø®@» 07:15, 12 September 2006 (UTC)

"Tracy Turnblad" is a character in the whole series - broadway, canadian stage, film, film of musical - not just in the film.Lisamh 01:08, 24 September 2006 (UTC)

Discussion closed. Consensus was MERGE. Let me know if anything else needs to be merged. --Chris Griswold (☎☓) 07:27, 26 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Merge

So, according to the discussion last month, the article was supposed to be merged, but the independent article of Tracy Turnblad still exists. As for merging this article.. NAY She was a character in the films, shows, and plays, so, she shouldn't just be in the "film" section —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Charlesblack (talk • contribs) 16:30, 16 December 2006 (UTC).

DIS-AGREE

[edit] Hairspray (1988 film)?

Should we be renaming this article in light of the already-existent Hairspray (2007 film)? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Planetneutral (talk • contribs) 03:50, 15 January 2007 (UTC).

--Doing that, in accordance with the usual movie policy. --AEMoreira042281 17:31, 26 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Copying

Has anyone noticed that this and the Hairspray (2007 film) article have a lot of excact wording?- Jetset59 10:15 22 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] tone

the plot summary is worded in a style unfitting for an encyclopedia, almost an advertisement

I totally agree. I almost thought I was reading the back of the VHS. This needs to be changed, as does the Hairspray (2007 film) article. Brash 08:04, 3 July 2007 (UTC)

I agree. Along those lines, the summary ends very abruptly, in the middle of the story.Itsmeiam 06:36, 5 July 2007 (UTC)

lol.

More important, it is a blantant copyright violation ([1] and [2]). I reverted to an earlier version. AxelBoldt 02:26, 21 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Working title

White Lipstick is the working title for this film. It should only be mentioned in the "Trivia" section. --PJ Pete

[edit] Remark in lead

In my last edit, I accidentally hit 'submit' before I was finished typing my edit summary. John Waters' early films were rated X. I have to clarify this because someone keeps changing the lead to read 'NC-17' — while it is true that those films have been re-rated NC-17 in recent years, the NC-17 rating did not exist until the 1990s. When they were originally released theatrically, they had an X rating. I cannot understand why someone would repeatedly add wrong information like that. (Ibaranoff24 20:38, 14 October 2007 (UTC))

[edit] Hairspray (2007 film) peer review

I just thought I would say that Hairspray (2007 film) is currently undergoing a peer review in hopes of further improving the article. Seeing as the two films are somewhat related, I thought I would post here to let regular editors of this article know that any contributions they could make would be more than welcome. Thanks! —Mears man (talk) 04:25, 26 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:Hairsprayfilm.jpg

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BetacommandBot (talk) 22:32, 13 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Please keep plot summary brief

A plot summary should be just that — a brief synposis of the film. If people want to know every friggin' detail, they'll watch the film. Our job as Wikis is to briefly describe major plotlines, leaving out minor details.

For some reason, this section seems to attract cluttered, unfocused writing. If you can improve this section, have at it. But if you're going to gab about the film like you were a teenage character in the film, pester your friends with every piddly detail — this ain't the forum for it. I've reverted to a brief, succinct plot summary twice, and I'll keep reverting unless someone can improve, not dilute and destroy, what appears in the plot summary. Kinkyturnip (talk) 05:00, 5 May 2008 (UTC)