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Hairspray very clearly shows the racism from the 60's, with terms like 'Negro Day' and 'integrated pool'. In it, the black kids are shown to all be in detention all the time and in the class shots, there are mostly white kids.
Even in the school dance, there was a rope separating the black teens from the white. On the Corny Collins show, they only  had 'Negro Day' once a month.
The song 'I Know Where I've been' was done as a protest because Velma cancelled Negro Day. It preaches of the fact that black people understood that whites saw them as lesser people, but they were still proud of the colour of their skin.

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Penny's stage age is 16-19 and is the quirky best friend of the show's heroine, Tracy Turnblad. She is overly sheltered by her extremely religious mother, and seems to always see the best in people (and situations) because of it. She is easily confused, but kind-hearted.
Penny is dorky, but lovable, she is often grounded by her mother. Penny falls for seaweed even though it wasn't allowed then.

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You can't stop an avalanche as it races down the hill
You can try to stop the seasons, girl, but you know you never will
And you can try to stop my dancin' feet, but I just cannot stand still!

'Cause the world keeps spinnin' round and round
And my heart's keepin' time to the speed of sound
I was lost 'til I heard the drums, and I found my way
'Cause you can't stop the beat

Ever since this whole world began
A woman found out if she shook it, she could shake up a man
And so I'm gonna shake and shimmy it the best that I can today
'Cause you can't stop the motion of the ocean or the sun in the sky
You can wonder if you wanna, but I'll never ask why
And if you try to hold me down, I'm gonna spit in your eye and say
That You Can't Stop the Beat!

You can't stop the river as it rushes to the sea
You can try to stop the hands of time, but you know it just can't be!
And if they try to stop us, Seaweed, I'll call the N double A C P

Cause the world keeps spinnin round and round
And my heart's keepin time to the speed of sound
I was lost 'til I heard the drums, then I found my way
Cause you can't stop the beat!

Ever since we first saw the light
A man and woman like to shake it on a Saturday night
So I'm gonna shake and shimmy it with all of my might today
Cause you can't stop the motion of the ocean, or the rain from above
You can try to stop the paradise were dreamin' of
But you cannot stop the rhythm of two hearts in love to stay
'Cause you can't stop the beat!

You can't stop my happiness, cause I like the way I am
And you just can't stop my knife and fork when I see a Christmas Ham!
And if you don't like the way I look, well, I just don't give a damn!

Cause the world keeps spinnin' round and round
And my hearts keepin time to the speed of sound
I was lost 'til I heard the drums, then I found my way

Cause you can't stop the beat...

Ever since this whole world began
A woman found out if she shook it she could shake up a man
So I'm gonna shake and shimmy it the best that I can today!
Cause you can't stop the motion of the ocean or the sun in the sky
You can wonder if you wanna but I'll never ask why
And if you try to hold me down, I'm gonna spit in your eye and say
That you can't stop the beat!

Oh, Oh, Oh
You can't stop today [No! ]
As it comes speeding 'round the track [oooh, child yes! ]
Yesterday is history [be gone! ]
And it's never comin' back! [Look ahead, cause...]
Tomorrow is a brand new day, and it don't know white from black [Yeah! ]

'Cause the world keeps spinnin' round and round
And my heart's keepin time to the speed of sound
I was lost 'til I heard the drums, then I found my way
'Cause you can't stop the beat!

Ever since we first saw the light,
A man and woman like to shake it on a Saturday night
So I'm gonna shake and shimmy it with all of my might today!
Cause you can't stop the motion of the ocean, or the rain from above
And you can try to stop the paradise we're dreamin' of
But you cannot stop the rhythm of two hearts in love to stay
'Cause you can't stop the beat!

Aah, aah, aah,
Ahh, ahh, ahh
Ahh, ahh, ahh ahh

Ever since we first saw the light
A man and woman like to shake it on a saturday night
But now we're gonna shake and shimmy it and have some fun today!
Cause you can't stop the Motion of the ocean or the rain from above
You can try to stop the paradise were dreamin of
But you cannot stop the rhythm of two hearts in love to stay!
Cause you can't stop the beat!
You can't stop the beat
You can't stop the beat
You can't stop the beat!

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What was your role?
My role was a background dancer character. i would react to the things said. my character was in the back for the majority of the dance. i also had one line during the scene before the dance.
3 things i did in the process to get the performance ready.
1. i would rehearse my reactions with the people around me during the scene, before we started rehearsing.
2. I would rehearse the dance in my own time.
3. If i missed a lesson i would make sure i would find out from others what i needed to do in order to catch up.
Was there anything you could've done better?
I think I could've had more confidence in the final dance as i noticed myself looking slightly to my left to see what was next, when i moved down to the front.
My thoughts on the unit
I really enjoyed this unit as Hairspray is my favourite musical, next to Matilda. You can't stop the beat is also my favourite song from the musical. I also enjoyed this unit because I did this exact dance in Year 11 for one of my GCSE performance, so it reminded me of how much i had improved in only a few months.
Positives
I think I did really well in the acting scene, even though i only had one line, i think my reactions to the rest of the scene went really well. I knew the dance really well, and caught up well on the routine as i missed a few lessons or sat out as i was unwell during some rehearsals.
Negatives
I think my confidence issues got in the way of me doing my best so I think i could've done better with that

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Tracy Turnblad - Nikki Blonsky
Link Larkin - Zac Efron
Penny Pingleton - Amanda Bynes
Edna Turnblad - John Travolta
Motormouth Maybelle - Queen Latifa
Amber Von Tussle - Brittany Snow
Velma Von Tussle - Michelle Pfeiffer
Wilbur Turnblad - Christopher Walken
Corny Collins - James Marsden
Seaweed J. Stubbs - Elijah Kelley

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Hairspray is a musical with it's music and lyrics written by

Scott Wittman.

Most of it's characters and places were either based off of or actual places/people. Baltimore High School was actually Perry Hall High, The Corny Collins Show was based on the Buddy Deane Show and Little Inez was based on Ruby Bridges, the black child to attend New Orleans' all-white elementary school, William Frantz, in 1960.
There was supposed to be a sequel to Hairspray. After earning nearly $120 million, John Waters (who was the original writer) wrote a sequel titled Hairspray 2: White Lipstick. It moved the characters into the late 60's and called for Link to take acid. Director Adam Shankman was on board in 2009, but the deal fell. In 2010, Shankman confirmed New Line Cinema had dropped the idea.