Hair of the Monkey That Bit You

Picture 1: Sock Monkey before seeing Hairspray.
Picture2: Sock Monkey after seeing Hairspray. I can't seem to talk him down.

I saw the movie Hairspray twice within a week. It was awesome! I wasn't sure about it because of the Travolta dress thing. I'm not big on drag queen movies. I actually only know of one, Priscilla, Queen of the Darned, and I've never even seen it. I know of one guy who has seen Hairspry 8 times and he is planning on going to Harvard, so he's no dummard. It was the happiest I ever remember being in a movie. It was just great.

I was flipping channels the other night and came across the last 15 minutes of the original. After seeing that, I can't believe anyone was brave enough to try it again. If 15 minutes made me that nervous, I can't imagine what 16 minutes would have done. It was a train wreck of 20 year old bad acting and worse costuming. It was worse than The Time Machine (no offense to Guy Pearce...see The Count of Monte Cristo instead). It was even worse than Monster-in-Law (offense to Hanoi Jane....see file footage from the early 70's).

I recommend seeing and later purchasing the 2007 Hairspray. I also recommend purchasing the 1988 Hairspary (all of them). Then we can all meet up at the old dump and make sure that our nieces and nephews never have to see what we saw.