Hairspray (1988) is a musical comedy film set in 1962 Baltimore about a teenage girl who aspires to be a dancer on a local teen dance show. It was a surprise mainstream success and led to a successful Broadway musical adaptation. Unlike John Waters’s earlier films, it features a happy ending involving racial integration of the dance show.
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