The Honeydogs with Hairspray
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The Honeydogs with Hairspray

Program change: Due to reasons beyond their control, the Pines are not able to appear tonight. Minneapolis’ long-loved roots rock band the Honeydogs will be featured at this event.

Music: The Honeydogs

DJ: Bill DeVille

Film: Hairspray

Directed by John Waters

“A film that combines nostalgic spoof with a social consciousness that’s as unexpected as it is smashingly effective.” —Los Angeles Times

Midnight-movie maven John Waters’s most affectionate and exuberant film, Hairspray is the story of the cherubic Tracy Turnblad, a working-class teen who dreams of dancing on the local program “The Corny Collins Show.” Inspired by real-life NAACP protests of “The Buddy Deane Show,” the film blends Waters’s unabashed love of all things dance craze with a clever take-down of television segregation, culminating in the delightful humiliation of its proponents. Featuring performances by R&B Queen Ruth Brown, Debbie Harry, and the final performance of drag icon Divine as Tracy’s housewife mother with TV station president Arvin Hodgepile. 1988, 92 minutes.