NBC has started a tradition of bringing Broadway musicals to television, and they are already planning on Bye Bye Birdie Live! for 2017.

NBC's Hairspray Live! is the newest rendition of the Waters' movie that continues to delight, entertain, and inform multiple generations. Hairspray was developed into a Broadway musical, followed by a 2007 movie based on the musical. Waters managed to address not just one social issue in the film, but fat-shaming, racism, and, by casting Divine in the role of Edna Turnblad, cross-dressing.

Hairspray's subplots of interracial dating and racism undoubtedly helped the film become a cult classic. The movie and musical take place in Baltimore during the '60s, and the plot has enough to work with simply telling Tracy's story of an overweight teenager, but it doesn't stop there. Tracy exudes self-confidence and lands a spot on the show, where she becomes increasingly popular.

Hairspray is a 1988 John Waters movie that tells the story of Tracy Turnblad, an overweight teenager who wants to dance on the Corny Collins show with her best friend, Penny Pingleton.

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