THR 231 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Rod Serling, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, White Trash
Watching Different Versions of the show : Hairspray the Musical (Amber)
Movie
- Checking hari and makeup (before show) and others so they don’t embarrass me
- Practicing dance moves
- Face always toward the camera
- How long have I been on the show? How did I get on?
- Do I love Link? How long have we been together?
- Where did we Meet?
- Why do I hate Tracy? Am I intimidated, don’t like change, way I was raised,
afraid
- The only people in detention are black
- Smoking was allowed
- What is my relationship like with Link? Dates? Sneak out? Sex?
- Where is my dad?
- When do I realize Link likes Tracy?
Watching Show
- What does “child of two” mean?
- Amber’s kind of a hoe
- Afraid of blacks taking over - why? - better than me - difference scares me - do
not look alike - history
- Who’s alien funt?
- Rod Serling?
- Things to react to that Tracy says on air : “think big to be big” “everyday negro
day” “miss hairspray” “link to sing”
- “Amber the kiss meant nothing”
- “That's if our cars are still there”
- We know the mayor
Original Movie
- Amber moves more votes from others to her own
- Using telegrams
- “Jackie kennedy raps her hair”
- Tons of fans when committee walks out
- Mom makes Amber do her dances 24/7 “or we’ll send you to Catholic school”
- Amber says “aren’t you a little fat” and “she’s a trash can” “that girls no
competition - white trash” “Tracy Turnblad is a whore” to Tracy
- The Hop - a hangout
- Sent to special ed where they send the black kids
- Amber says she’s adopted (Tracy)
- Tracy walks out in a roach dress because Amber always calls her a bug
Document Summary
Watching different versions of the show : hairspray the musical (amber) Checking hari and makeup (before show) and others so they don"t embarrass me. Am i intimidated, don"t like change, way i was raised, afraid. The only people in detention are black. Better than me - difference scares me - do not look alike - history. Things to react to that tracy says on air : think big to be big everyday negro day miss hairspray link to sing . Amber moves more votes from others to her own. Tons of fans when committee walks out. Mom makes amber do her dances 24/7 or we"ll send you to catholic school . Amber says aren"t you a little fat and she"s a trash can that girls no competition - white trash tracy turnblad is a whore to tracy. Sent to special ed where they send the black kids.
