Hairspray is a movie that takes place in Baltimore in the 60’s. It is about a high school girl, Tracey Turnblad, who is bullied in school because of her weight and big hair. Her dream is to be a dancer on her favorite show The Corney Collin’s show.  When she finds that there is an opportunity to be on the show she goes to audition. The woman who is in control of the Corney Collin’s show is a racist and does not like the way that Tracey looks (not skinny) or that she is for integration, soher dreams get crushed by this awful woman, but she doesn’t give up. She ends up getting recognized in detention by a boy named Seaweed, who is on the show once a month on negro day. He introduces her to the main character on the Corney Collins show (Link) and Link gets Tracey recognized by Corney Collin, (the host of the show) for her dance moves.  Tracey ends up becoming a well-known dancer on the Corney Collin’s show, gets the boy, and also integrates Baltimore. This movie sends out the messege that size doesn’t matter, it cant stop you from accomplishing your goals.

            This movie is one of the few that passes the Bachdel test. The main character Tracey does talk about boys with her best friend Penny, but at the beginning of the movie they also talk about how it’s Tracey’s dream to be on the Corney Collins show, and having big hair.

            I don’t really think that this film is feminist, there are strong women leads but I don’t really consider it as being a feminist film. The movie doesn’t really focus on that, it focuses on the racial discrimination, and the judging of people because of their size and they way they look.