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a b Shankman, Adam (July 21, 2007). "The Director's Chair: Adam Shankman's Hairspray Diary #13". BroadwayWorld.com . Retrieved February 10, 2022. Divine as Edna Turnblad, Tracy's kind, heavy-set mother who is ashamed of her obesity and as Arvin Hodgepile, the rival TV station owner who is against racial integration for his studio. a b "Hairspray". British Film Institute. 2007. Archived from the original on July 2, 2018 . Retrieved July 5, 2017. Several of the songs from the Broadway musical had their lyrics altered and/or verses removed for use in the film version. These songs include "(The Legend of) Miss Baltimore Crabs", "Welcome to the 60s", "Big, Blonde and Beautiful", "Without Love", "(It's) Hairspray", "You Can't Stop the Beat", et cetera.
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George King as Mr. Flak, Amber, Link, and Tracy's history teacher. He gives Tracy detention when Amber frames Tracy for drawing a picture of him with breasts. He gives Link detention as well for coming to Tracy's defense.
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Principal photography took place in and around the Baltimore area during the summer of 1987. [10] The school scenes were shot at Perry Hall High School with set locations including the library, a first-floor English class and the principal's office. [11] In the principal's office, the Harry Dorsey Gough (see Perry Hall Mansion) coat-of-arms that once hung in the main lobby can be seen through the doorway. [12] Tilted Acres amusement park was Dorney Park & Wildwater Kingdom in Allentown, Pennsylvania. The 14th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards: Nominees and Recipients". Screen Actors Guild. 2008 . Retrieved September 16, 2016. Academy Originals (August 1, 2016), Hairspray: How Nikki Blonsky Got Cast As Tracy Turnblad, archived from the original on December 19, 2021 , retrieved February 25, 2018
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a b "Shankman Blasts Proposed Hairspray Boycott". Hollywood.com. July 16, 2007 . Retrieved February 10, 2022. Queen Victoria Elementary School". Hamilton-Wentworth District School Board . Retrieved November 22, 2017.Corey Reynolds (Original Broadway cast's Seaweed) as singer of " Trouble on the Line". The song is heard shortly after " Big, Blonde and Beautiful" until Maybelle announces the cancellation of Negro Day. One notable difference between the stage musical, the original film, and the 2007 film version of Hairspray is that Tracy does not go to jail in the 2007 version (thus eliminating the musical's song "The Big Dollhouse"). In both previous incarnations of Hairspray, Tracy is arrested and taken to jail along with the other protesters. Edna is presented in this version as an insecure introvert, in contrast to the relatively bolder incarnations present in the 1988 film and the stage musical. [21] Among many other elements changed or added to this version are the removal of Motormouth Maybelle's habit of speaking in rhyming jive talk and doubling the number of teens in Corny Collins' Council (from ten on Broadway to twenty in the 2007 film). [29]