Hairspray – sing-a-long

John Waters / USA / 1988 / 92 min / English
Sunday Oct 4 at 20.00, Kulturhuset Hartwig

It’s 1962, and the only things bigger than the bouffant hairdos are the popular dance crazes sweeping the nation. When Baltimore teen Tracy Turnblad (Ricki Lake) shoots to stardom on a local TV dance party, her radical self-confidence and support for racial integration launch a movement that takes the city by storm. Costarring the inimitable Divine in a fiercely funny double role, Hairspray finds Waters marrying his wildly subversive sensibility with a newfound bubblegum sweetness for what may be his most irresistible film.

In true sweet sixteen spirit, we’ll sing out the festival with a real high school classic. Through John Waters’ wild vision, we revisit the legends Divine and Ricky Lake in what’s often called the campiest musical in the world.