Overview
'Pleasantly plump' teenager Tracy Turnblad achieves her dream of becoming a regular on the Corny Collins Dance Show. Now a teen hero, she starts using her fame to speak out for the causes she believes in, most of all integration. In doing so, she earns the wrath of the show's former star, Amber Von Tussle, as well as Amber's manipulative, pro-segregation parents. The rivalry comes to a head as Amber and Tracy vie for the title of Miss Auto Show 1963.
Details
- Director
- John Waters
- Writer
- John Waters
- Original Language
- English
- Budget
- $2,000,000
Cast
Clayton Prince
Debbie Harry
Divine
Jerry Stiller
Leslie Ann Powers
Michael St. Gerard
Ricki Lake
Ruth Brown
Sonny Bono
Vitamin C
Keywords
1960s
baltimore
usa
bomb
civil rights
dance show
detention
dodgeball
drag
dual role
girls' reformatory
hair
integration
intercultural relationship
interracial friendship
interracial relationship
modeling
racial segregation
racism
romcom
special education
terrorist threat
woman played by man
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