Deleted Scenes from the Hairspray movie

There are some deleted scenes you don't see in the movie.



That was funny. I like Edna's attitude, defending Maybelle and her crew.



That was a surprise, but it served Velma right for switching the tallies to make Amber win the pageant. Cheaters never win.

The New Girl In Town, Sims 2 version

I found this video of the New Girl In Town from Hairspray, Sims 2 style. Check it out.

Hairspray auditions online

Believe it or not, there are some Hairspray auditions online. Most of the are audio auditions. I have seen casting calls posted on youtube and many people sending in their video and audio auditions online. Some are for their video projects, others are for voice over projects and the rest are just to cast people to their theater production. Last year, there was a casting call for the youtube version of the play. My friend who was on the show elected me to play the role of Motormouth Maybelle, who I really wanted to play in the first place. I have worked my ass off learning the lines, memorizing it, practicing the songs, recording my voiceovers for about three. Just to find out at the last minute that they just picked someone else to play that part. So all that time, I was nothing but a place holder for that production. I may not have theater acting experience but I can sing the hell out of the Maybelle songs and I got enough sass and pizzaz to do it, but they don't think I'm fabulous enough to play her. I guess that particular audition is just for professionals and not amateurs. Was I crushed by it? Yes, for a little while because I wanted it so bad. What did I do after that? Well, in August that year, I decided to re-record my vocals on Big, Blonde And Beautiful,I Know Where I've Been and the Maybelle part of You Can't Stop The Beat. I did 16 takes on each song. As soon as I buy a new digital camera, I will videotape myself auditioning for the role, re-record my Maybelle voiceover audio and post both of them online. And I will keep up at it until someday, someone big will accept me as Motormouth Maybelle. In the meantime, I'll settle for being the voiceover for the Sims 2 or 3 version of Hairspray. It's better than nothing,besides I like the Sims games. Just in case the Sims 2 or Sims 3 version of Hairspray is canceled or someone else already got the role of Maybelle in their production. Then I make my production, my way. Nobody's stopping my beat.

Dance On Broadway version of You Can't Stop The Beat.

Hi, Fellow Hoppers. I've heard about this game for the Wii system called Dance On Broadway which was released in 2010. It features the song You Can't Stop The Beat. The dance moves in the game is not as similiar to the version I saw on Broadway nor the movie, but it's good and easy to learn. Plus it's fun to do with your friends and family.

Updating the blog

I'm sorry, Hoppers. I've been so busy for over the year that I didn't get a chance to post new entries on my blog. But I will catch up and update the blog. I will post new entries at the end of this month. In the meantime, you are welcome to leave comments to my previous entries on the Hair Hopper. Thanks a lot.

We STILL Can't Stop The Beat

In Puerto Rico





In Argentina





In Mexico





In France



Over a few weeks, I've been checking out Hairspray clips on Youtube, I found a lot of videos on it, some are from the two movies, others are from the stage plays. And I've seen different scenes, different casts playing the characters over the years on Broadway where I went to in New York City, on tour in United States, on the West End in London, in Puerto Rico where they have a cast perform Hairspray in Spanish and in Brazil where the play is performed in Portegeuse. It's amazing how this particular musical is loved all over the world and performed in many languages. It just proves that the Beat goes on, in other words, YOU CAN'T STOP THE BEAT!!

When I first saw Hairspray

The first time I ever heard of Hairspray was back in the summer of 1989, the year after the movie was first released. I caught the commercial trailer on Showtime. During that time, I thought that the movie is all about hair and hairstyles because that's oviously what I saw, but then again I was eleven then. But a few days later, I caught the movie when it was on. I really got into the plot of the movie. Then I realized that the film was not really about hairstyles from the 60s, it's all about a big girl who got into a local dance show during segregated times and united all kids of color to be on the show. It's pretty intriguing. Different kinds of dances between whites and blacks, the moves, the swagger, the music, the hairstyles of course, and the clothes. It's like American Bandstand and Soul Train rolled into one. What made me love the movie so much is the plot story itself. Tracey Turnbald's dreams of being on the Corny Collins' Show, her crush on Link Larkin, the battle with Amber Von Tussel for the pageant called Miss Auto Show 1963 (later renamed Miss Hairspray), her long friendship with Penny Pingleton, her new friendship with Seaweed Stubbs, his sister Inez and his mother Motormouth Maybelle who did the very small rhythm and blues portion of the show called Negro Day and her fight for racial equality on the show. I was completely hooked to the movie since then. But I never thought that it will become a Broadway musical nor film musical over ten years later. That was until I saw the commercials, the news about the opening night of the play, the movie trailers, etc. I saw the musical version of the movie and I saw the play twice. The scenes are a little different than the original movie, but they still have the same plot and the excitement in the finale. It's just so hard to tell which version I like the best, the story is still good regardless.