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This 8 – page paper discusses Waters and his film Hairspray, how it breaks the rules, and what meaning Waters gave to it by making it as he did. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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into the mainstream, and in fact the Broadway show Hairspray, based on his film, is a huge hit. Who would ever have imagined that the man who hired a
300-pound transvestite as his star would suddenly be respectable? This paper discusses Waters and his film Hairspray, how it breaks the rules, and what meaning Waters gave to it
by making it as he did. John Waters John Waters was born in Baltimore in 1946 and lives there still, despite the fact that his movies, dubious
as they may be, have earned him enough to move to L.A. and live in extravagant style. No thanks, he says, Baltimore has a "kind of a nasty sense
of humor" that suits him just fine, though he doesnt stay there full time: that would "make me crazy" (Als, 1995, p. 10). His movies include Mondo
Trasho, Polyester, Cry Baby (with Johnny Depp), Hairspray and Pink Flamingoes; this last tells the story of those competing for the title of the "Worlds Filthiest Person." Divine (the
late Harris Glenn Milstead) wins the contest by eating feces, in a scene that has yet to be equaled by another filmmaker. Such outrageous goings-on have earned Waters various
titles such as "The Sultan of Sleaze," "The Prince of Puke" and "The Pope of Trash," which is the one he says he prefers (Als, 1995, p. 10).
Waters has apparently always been "fascinated (obsessed, actually) with violence and gore" and claims that the biggest thrill of his childhood was finding what he believed to be dried blood
on a wrecked car (Als, 1995). He also claims to have used a pair of binoculars to watch X-rated films at his local drive-in (I assume that means he
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