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.