The 1988 film starred, from left: Colleen Fitzpatrick, Debbie Harry, Divine and Ricki Lake.
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You don’t need to see the remake of Hairspray to confirm that John Travolta won’t do justice to Divine, the real drag queen who played Edna Turnblat in the original nonmusical about hair-dos, hair-don’ts, racial integration, and an American Bandstand-style dance contest in 1963.
The Time Out agrees:
There is, however, something awkward and faintly disturbing about watching his Edna Turnblad dance and duet with Christopher Walken
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i, too, am boycotting this film. there is no way for me to fathom that this film can even be compared to the john waters’ flick.
and i couldn’t care less that john travolta is in drag.
Now when it comes to straight men in drag, I must admit that Patrick Swayze was awesome in To Wong Foo.