Vindication

Remember how much I worried about the movie Hairspray?

Well I was right, it was awful. Just putting famous people in a movie does not make it good. John Travolta was just awful, Queen Latifah was even worse. The whole spirit of the original movie/musical was just thrown out the window to make a buck. And that new song they added, "Ladies Choice"? Horrendous.

Harvey Fierstein (the original Edna) recently did an interview where they asked what he thought of the movie. His reply...

[Looking nauseated.] It was hard to watch - I think they missed the point. I'm very glad it made $100 million, or whatever it was. I'm the ghostwriter, so I get the checks. Send me the checks, John Travolta!