Analysis Of Tracy's Hairspray

The technical aspects of the production such as scenery, properties and costumes also played a keynote in the productions success. The scenery was fabulous it truly made the play. It was very realistic and extremely vibrant. Almost the entire play was performed in one setting, except for the railcar and dance scenes. The house, the main setting, was magnificent with painstakingly placed detail in every corner. All elements in the house matched wonderfully, for example the furniture, the photos on the wall, the telephone and even the trash can. Little bits of detail were everywhere adding to the beautification of the set, for example the lace decorations on the chairs, the etched glass above the front door and even the Christmas tree.

A character’s costume is much more than the clothes they wear to play a part. These clothes help us venture into the author’s world and help us connect with this new place and believe in its reality. They help us capture so much more than what the character looks like. We are able to see, feel, and experience the characters personality and purpose in the story. In a play or movie, we immediately make our fist connection with a character based on what they are wearing, this is the first step in drawing us in and making us believe in this new world. This first impression gives us the first glimpse at the characters style, background, and social class. All of these things are meant to immediately draw us in.

The film ‘Hairspray’ directed by Adam Shankman, is set in June 1962 in Baltimore, America. During this time, the Negroes were segregated from the white people. There was extensive discrimination. Adam Shankman used effective film techniques that helped me to understand a key idea that is that all people should be treated equally regardless of their race and colour. These techniques include the use of prop, costume and dialogue.

When I saw Hairspray the Musical there were three things that I noticed that were important in making the theatrical performance. Those three things were the acting, production, and how the actors made us, the audience, feel. Each of these things contribute greatly to any performance. I feel that this production of Hairspray hit each of these notes very well.

The entertainers gave their characters genuine life through their gestures, attitude and charm. Even the way the voices led one to believe that the characters were actually presenting their own thoughts and ideas, not those of fictional characters. During the play, the voices of the performers were quite audible, excepting certain musical presentations when the lyrics of the songs were at points nearly indiscernible. Even with consideration given to this technical glitch, the sound quality was quite agreeable and the songs enjoyable. The voices of the performers were strong

The production elements of the show were magnificent. The costumes were great and helped to establish the childlike quality of the show and characters. During the transitions, the characters wore clothing that would best suit a child in play. The

The Freeland household/family consists of mother, Melanie Freeland and her two children, Mason and Tracy Freeland. Mason is sixteen years old and Tracy is thirteen years old. The family would be considered middle to lower-middle class. This is evidenced by Ms. Freeland’s blue collar job as a hair stylist, which she does out of her home. Although the family seems to have all their basic needs met (the children and parent all have clothes, food, and an appropriate residence) their financial situation seems inconsistent because of Ms. Freeland’s occupation. This is evidenced by Ms. Freeland’s comment of, “Don’t worry, I worked all week,” when she responded to Tracy asking about

I’ve seen many movies of all sorts, and I enjoy about any kind of movie. Out of my many favorites, Hairspray is the one I really like to watch and sing along with. Grease is another very good movie I’ve seen. Both take you on a musical journey, but Hairspray's songs are closer to stuff we sing today. Although both movies have good singers, Hairspray has some bigger singing stars whom most people have heard of.

Southern Arkansas University’s Department of Theatre ended its season with a show stopping production of the musical “Hairspray.” The production was directed and choreographed by Brandon Smith. The musical was directed by David De Seguirant.

For my paper I choose option number one, the summary/response to a scholarly article. The article I choose was Renee Curry’s “Hairspray: The revolutionary Way to Restructure and Hold Your History.” It was featured in Literature Film Quarterly in 1996. Curry has written and edited numerous books and scholarly articles on literature and film.

Everything on the set looked futuristic and new, that is, except for Majorie’s chair at the beginning of the show, it represented how Majorie stuck out in this new era, and how she longed for things the way they were when she was young, and it brought great symbolism into the show. The costumes, designed by Inda Blatch-Geib, were a wonderful addition to the show as well. With this play being set in the future, it would be very easy to go over the top with costumes and put each of the characters in absurd clothing that is extreme. But instead of doing this, she kept the costume plot very simple. She put each of them in clothes that fit their character and were very simple, which fit the show very well, and I appreciated it.

Change is not always easy; Tracy Turnblad learned that the hard way in Hairspray. Early on in the movie it becomes evident that Tracy is naïve in believing that her ideals and morals align with the rest of society. Tracy has experience prejudice herself due to her size not aligning with what society deemed to be “pretty,” because of this Tracy saw herself as different and was able to relate to people of color in the film. She did not understand why because someone was a different color or size that he or she was treated any different than anyone else. Tracy is not shy about her beliefs and I believe this is what makes her so successful in advocating for change.

On the surface, ‘Hairspray’ appears to be a comical, all glitter and sparkles musical with the story

I prefer Still Life at the Penguin Cafe , Zebra section costume. This is because the costumes are not simple but very interesting and different from others. I like the idea that the costume is realistic but at the same time its not. This is because it's very eyecatching and hard to forget. in my opinion this costume is also fancy which makes the dance look more

Many people simply show up to musicals and often take the costumes for granted and concentrate only the performance of the actors. Many people don’t realize the