BLOBBY'S BLOG

OMG

Not that I had ANY desire to see Hairspray - the musical....since I heart the original movie so much, but I reallllllllllllllly have no intention of seeing the new movie of the musical (ala The Producers). Just read this tidbit from Billboard:

Queen Latifah and John Travolta (!!!!!) are the first stars cast for New Line Cinema's film adaptation of the smash Broadway musical "Hairspray." Latifah will portray Motormouth Maybelle, while Travolta will transform into the lovably large Edna Turnblad, a role originated by female impersonator Divine and updated on Broadway by Harvey Fierstein.

The exclamation points after Travolta are mine - not the magazine's. At least Divine and Firestein could play Edna a little tongue in cheek and not for the paycheck. But the bigger question is 'why Why WHY???? !!!!!!!!!!!' Hell, throw a muumuu on Kirsty Alley (well...you'd almost have to!) - and she could pass for a man dressed as a woman. Sure it still has that weird Scientology angle....but swing a dead cat in Hollywood and you'd hit one of those. Can't be avoided. (of course w/Travolta you still get that weird gay vibe!')

At least we'll always have the original movies w/Debbie, Sonny , Ricki and the guy who played Corny Collins! Do yourself a favor - buy it!

Feel free to use the Comments section to cast the other roles in the movie. LL Cool J or Chris Rock to play Seaweed? Anyone? Anyone???