Integration Now
A chubby girl who works in an ice cream shop lands a starring role in a movie. Alongside John Travolta in drag. (Sure, pick the crazy Scientologist instead of my man-crush, Michael McKean. You'll regret it.) That's the kind of story that warms my heart, really. It could so easily have gone the other way, and then you'd have Lindsay Lohan in a fat suit. Although how could you possibly improve on the version of Hairspray that already exists? I guess with song-and-dance numbers!
posted by mo pie at 7:08 PM
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OT - Mo, I'm afraid you will need another mancrush. Michael McKean belongs to meeeee! I'm watching "The Big Picture" right now. And doesn't he have an Oscar already for writing a song? (Nothing out of Spinal Tap.) So I bet he doesn't really need the work.
I'm really interested to se how this young lady's career plays out. In the wake of Camryn and Jen, do you think there will be more roles for her? Or do you all think she'll do a Sarah Rue?
I'm really glad she got the role, but I'm a bit frightened at the thought of Travolta playing Mrs Turnblatt.
Littlem, I'm going to bet on Sara Rue, because it's not like there's a bunch of people falling all over themselves to give roles to Camryn Manheim anyway, and she's your example of a success!
Also, Jen, I think the movie will have the songs from the musical, so it probably will be different. But it won't be as good.
And you cannot have Michael McKean. Only I get to have Michael McKean.
Well, there's Kathy Najimy (who married some totally hot guy apparently) and Mo Gaffney and Margaret and Jeaneane and Mimi Brobeck action figures (yes!) and all those residuals Camryn gets from reruns and that hot Ungaro gown she wore at the Emmys. But I totally get your point (the more I type and think about who I haven't seen lately, the sharper it is). Maybe it's cyclical, in line with political cycles. After all, when these women were working a lot, we didn't have Ann Coulter, you know?
Never give up! Never surrender! :D
Hairspray in any form...YAY!!!
OT and RE: Ann Coulter: I got into a fight with my father the day before father's day because I said that while I find her writing style to be somewhat entertaining, and while I don't agree with much of what she says, the reason why I dislike Ann Coulter is she FREQUENTLY uses the word "woman" as an INSULT. She often says things like, "Al Gore, crying like a woman" or "Those whining democrats act like women".
My father said, "Well, it IS an insult to have it said that you are something you are not."
So I said, "You are a BLACK JEW, Dad! Are you insulted." He laughed and said, "No." Then I asked, "That's not what you are, but you aren't insulted, but if I called you a WOMAN you'd be insulted, right?" He wouldn't answer because he's wily and saw my trap.
ANN COULTER is allegedly a woman. She is also the biggest Uncle Tom EVER.
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