HAIRSPRAY

There are so many show bizz theme that lift on the musical film, so is Hairspray. Racial issue on this film remain us to Dreamgirls and Save the Last Dance. But Dreamgirls is darker than Hairspray that is so bright, cheerful, light, and entertain. This film is made for bring the joy to whom that saw it.

The film got to its point, specially to the teen, which is how to reach the goal and breakin' the rule to make changes for better tomorrow. If, just if, Bukan Bintang Biasa used the same theme like on this film, perhaps the result would not be so usual.

Hairspray become fresher with the mature stars and rookie stars colaboration. There're John Travolta, who play unusual role, Michelle Pfieiffer, Christoper Walken and Quenn Latifah as the mature stars. On the rookie, there're James Marsden, Amanda Bynes, Zac Effron, Brittany Snow, dan if Dreamgirls have Jennifer Hudson as the rising star, Hairspray have Nicky Blonsky who have the healthy shape either. And apparently that James Marsden had the quality to dance and to sing on this film.

Hairspray is telling us about a girl who had a healthy shape(fat) that struggle to chase her dream to appear on the TV show that sponsored by the Hairspray Company, The Corny Collins Show. In the end, when she could make it come true, she involved in a racis circumtances. A very sensitif issue on America at 1960's. The story goes to the fight of a girl with her friends to smashed the discrimination based on color. Adam Shankman, the director, is succes to represent the fresh show based on the racial theme. A choice that can be a risk, because it could be blurred the massage. Even not a masterpiece, this film is good to see for the teen as a motivation to make the dream come true.

There is the picture of parents here that interesting. The conservatif parents and the parents that will do anything to their son, even the dirties way, this film is giving a hope that picturize the ideal parents. Parents that take the son who he/she is, that teach the essence of good and bad, truth, that major is not always good. 3/5.

(bilingual by marliy)