Hairspray

1.  Define:  Setting.  Setting is the place or type of surroundings where something is positioned or where an event takes place.  The setting in the movie "Hairspray" took place in Baltimore, Maryland in 1962.  Tracy wakes to signing "Good morning Baltimore" as she gets ready and walks to school.  Giving us a tour of her neighborhood.

2.  The setting is important b/c it displays the time era in which the story took place and also that the neighborhood was prodominatly white.

3.  The major conflict of the story is Tracy is wanting to audition for a dance competition to be a dancer on a local television show and to protest racial discrimination and segregation.

4.  The conflict advances or influences the plot when Velma says no to Tracy being a part of the show b/c of her size and height, but Corny sees her dance at school and lets her be a part of the show.

5.  Maybe the title "Hairspray" was intended to catch the veiwers attention and b/c the story is based around a television show which happens to have dancers who have very intact hairdo's.

6.  Define Theme:  (verb):  Give a particular setting or ambience to (a venue or activity)
(noun):  The subject of a talk, a piece of writing, a person's thoughts, or an exhibition; a topic.
Three themes:
1.  When Tracy auditions for the dance television show and is told no b/c of her weight but then Corny says yes.
2.  When Tracy befriends Seaweed who is a black student at her school and also wanting a chance to dance on the Corny Collins show.
3.  When Tracy's mom celebrates being big, blonde, and beautiful and being comfortable in her own skin even though she's overweight.

7.  This song means you can't stop a person who's determined to do something in life if their heart is set to accomplish a certain goal.

8.  The way we dress, the way we wear our hair, how women feel about their size and appearance. 
Things are changing and she's telling her mom she needs to keep up with the change of the world.

9.  Because women were of bigger build in the 1960's.  Wow if I'm right I found out it's a traditional thing b/c in the original "Hairspray" a man got the part.

10.  Who was Tracy's best friend?  I wonder why she was Tracy's best friend b/c she really didn't have that many speaking roles in the movie so what was her importance in the story?