Hairspray 1988  PG, 92 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: John Waters
Cast: Divine, Ricki Lake, Colleen Fitzpatrick, Sonny Bono, Ruth Brown, Deborah Harry, Jerry Stiller, Pia Zadora, Mink Stole, John Waters, Michael St Gerard
Inspired by the dance TV shows of the 1960s, writer and director John Waters created this movie about overweight Baltimore teenager Tracy Turnblad (Ricki Lake) who wants to become the star dancer on an afternoon TV dance show. Tracy wins the dance competition and a starring spot on the "Corny Collins Show." Now, Tracy becomes a teen hero, and she speaks out for integration, which is the cause she believes in. Standing in her way is spoiled Amber Von Tussle (Colleen Fitzpatrick), but, by story's end, Tracy has won her point on integration and has beaten out Amber for the title of Miss Auto Show 1963.
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Polyester 1981 R, 86 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: John Waters
Cast: Divine, Tab Hunter, Edith Massey, David Samson, Mink Stole, Joni Ruth White, Mary Garlington
This campy satire of middle-class lifestyles features transvestite Divine as an overweight housewife whose dream man, Todd Tomorrow (Tab Hunter), "rescues" her from the rest of her dysfunctional family. When shown in theaters, members of the audience were given scratch-and-sniff cards to get the full effect of the trashy, funny film ("Odorama").
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Trouble in Mind 1985 R, 111 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Alan Rudolph
Cast: Kris Kristofferson, Keith Carradine, Genevieve Bujold, Lori Singer, Joe Morton, Divine, George(2) Kirby, John Considine, Albert Hall, Gailard Sartain, Dirk Blocker, Robert Gould, Antonia Dauphin, Billy Silva, Caitlin Ferguson
Kris Kristofferson plays an ex-policeman, Hawk, who has just finished serving his prison term and jumps right into the middle of a romantic triangle. The other two members of the triangle are Coop and Georgia (Keith Carradine and Lori Singer). Love and crime intermingle in this character study of some offbeat characters.
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| 1. Hairspray (1988)
2. Lust in the Dust (1985)
3. Pink Flamingos (1972)
4. Polyester (1981)
5. Trouble in Mind (1985)
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