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Hairspray's Revolting History: The Invisible Star Of The Film & Broadway Show Won No Tonys

The new movie version of HAIRSPRAY makes this a good time to take another look at this piece I originally wrote back in 2003. It calls up the event that inspired Waters to create the original Hairspray film.Buddy Dean died on July 16 2003. Probably not too many people besides Baltimore-bred baby boomers noticed. John Waters and Danny Schechter did.

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09:00 on October 18 2008

Hairspray's Revolting History: The Invisible Star Of The Film & Broadway Show Won No Tonys

Indie Music News — The new movie version of HAIRSPRAY makes this a good time to take another look at this piece I originally wrote back in 2003. It calls up the event that inspired Waters t... more info

John Waters