Iconic drag queen Divine was the first actor to take on the role of the colorful, plus-sized, all-knowing Edna in 1988's Hairspray. The casting was provocative and a game-changer. Over the course of ...

'Hairspray' remains a poignant movie many years after it debuted. But one deleted scene would have made it even more so. Additionally, racial inequality is front and center, highlighting the ...

In the beginning (1988) was John Waters' low-budget, provocateurish cult movie Hairspray. This was partly defused, but also grandly gussied-up, by the Broadway musical version, opening in August 2002 ...

Wilbur: [to a sobbing Edna, who thinks that he has been cheating on her with Velma] Honey, it took me five years to figure out you were flirting! How could I ever?