re: Ricki Lake has a cameo in new HAIRSPRAY the Musical movie!
re: Ricki Lake has a cameo in new HAIRSPRAY the Musical movie!
BrodyFosse123
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/27/06
#1re: Ricki Lake has a cameo in new HAIRSPRAY the Musical movie!
Posted: 12/4/06 at 10:45pm
awww thats too cute.. love ricki
Updated On: 12/4/06 at 10:45 PM
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#2re: Ricki Lake has a cameo in new HAIRSPRAY the Musical movie!
Posted: 12/4/06 at 10:49pmi have to say that is awfully sweet!
Sylar2
Featured Actor Joined: 11/30/06
#3re: Ricki Lake has a cameo in new HAIRSPRAY the Musical movie!
Posted: 12/4/06 at 10:54pmAww cute.... I hope to God this doesn't SUCK like Rent, Phantom and The Producers..... something tells me it won't be a gem like Dreamgirls.
NathanLaneStalker
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/11/06
#4re: Ricki Lake has a cameo in new HAIRSPRAY the Musical movie!
Posted: 12/5/06 at 12:43amCan't wait!
"I'm tellin' you, the only times I really feel the presence of God are when I'm having sex and during a great Broadway musical." - Nathan Lane - Jeffrey
#5re: Ricki Lake has a cameo in new HAIRSPRAY the Musical movie!
Posted: 12/5/06 at 1:29am
Agreed with Sylar. I'm worried about this one.
Not HALF as worried as I am about Sweeney, but still.
#6re: Ricki Lake has a cameo in new HAIRSPRAY the Musical movie!
Posted: 12/5/06 at 1:33amWell unlike DREAMGIRLS, RENT, PHANTOM or even THE PRODUCERS, HAIRSPRAY isn't aiming to be an "Oscar contender" - just a fun, fluffy musical movie. It shouldn't be too hard to succeed on that level.
AnythingCanHappen
Featured Actor Joined: 11/5/06
#7re: Ricki Lake has a cameo in new HAIRSPRAY the Musical movie!
Posted: 12/5/06 at 3:07amkeyword. fluffy. ha ha... ha.
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NathanLaneStalker
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/11/06
#8re: Ricki Lake has a cameo in new HAIRSPRAY the Musical movie!
Posted: 12/5/06 at 3:17am
Is it not being produced by the same guys who did Chicago and Dreamgirls?
If so if they put "From the people who brought you Chicago and Dreamgirls..." that should bring people in. PLUS who wouldn't want to see John Travolta in drag!? lol
"I'm tellin' you, the only times I really feel the presence of God are when I'm having sex and during a great Broadway musical." - Nathan Lane - Jeffrey
rabymon10
Stand-by Joined: 10/30/06
#9re: Ricki Lake has a cameo in new HAIRSPRAY the Musical movie!
Posted: 12/5/06 at 6:11am
1. Rikki is playing a judge on The Corny Collins Show.
2. Travolta is not in 'drag'. simply put, he is playing a genuine all woman character.
NathanLaneStalker
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/11/06
#10re: Ricki Lake has a cameo in new HAIRSPRAY the Musical movie!
Posted: 12/5/06 at 6:27am
No, if Harvey Fierstein were playing Edna he'd be playing a woman. If John Goodman were playing Edna HE'D be playing a woman! But when it's JOHN TRAVOLTA playing Edna he is simply playing a man in drag!
"I'm tellin' you, the only times I really feel the presence of God are when I'm having sex and during a great Broadway musical." - Nathan Lane - Jeffrey
#11re: Ricki Lake has a cameo in new HAIRSPRAY the Musical movie!
Posted: 12/5/06 at 7:17am
Travolta is not in 'drag'. simply put, he is playing a genuine all woman character.
Edna has always been a genuine woman. I read in an interview with Harvey back when the show opened, that Edna is 100% woman. She is not a man dressed up in woman's clothes, and is to be taken seriously as a full on woman. That was part of the beauty of Harvey's warm portrayal of Edna.
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Updated On: 12/5/06 at 07:17 AM
-Kad
"I have also met him in person, and I find him to be quite funny actually. Arrogant and often misinformed, but still funny."
-bjh2114 (on Michael Riedel)
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#12re: Ricki Lake has a cameo in new HAIRSPRAY the Musical movie!
Posted: 12/5/06 at 9:59am
"Well unlike DREAMGIRLS, RENT, PHANTOM or even THE PRODUCERS, HAIRSPRAY isn't aiming to be an "Oscar contender" - just a fun, fluffy musical movie. It shouldn't be too hard to succeed on that level."
I don't think Rent, Producers, or Phantom were looking to be Oscar contenders either and they still sucked....
MrMidwest
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#13re: Ricki Lake has a cameo in new HAIRSPRAY the Musical movie!
Posted: 12/5/06 at 10:20amEverything I've seen from the movie so far looks fine to me...except Travolta. I can see how having him playing the role might seem like a good idea, but frankly, he looks weird in the makeup to me. It makes the considerable amount of distance between his eyes and his mouth more noticeable and his famous chin just looks odd with all the fat added to it in my opinion. Maybe the way he's being shot will make him look better to me in the actual movie. I hope so.
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NathanLaneStalker
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/11/06
#14re: Ricki Lake has a cameo in new HAIRSPRAY the Musical movie!
Posted: 12/5/06 at 10:40amI just wish they got Harvey...
"I'm tellin' you, the only times I really feel the presence of God are when I'm having sex and during a great Broadway musical." - Nathan Lane - Jeffrey
#15re: Ricki Lake has a cameo in new HAIRSPRAY the Musical movie!
Posted: 12/5/06 at 11:03am
Me too!
I am sad they didn't
"Whenever I get gloomy with the state of the world, I think about the arrivals gate at Heathrow Airport. General opinion's starting to make out that we live in a world of hatred and greed, but I don't see that. It seems to me that love is everywhere. Often it's not particularly dignified or newsworthy, but it's always there - fathers and sons, mothers and daughters, husbands and wives, boyfriends, girlfriends, old friends. When the planes hit the Twin Towers, as far as I know none of the phone calls from the people on board were messages of hate or revenge - they were all messages of love. If you look for it, I've got a sneaky feeling you'll find that love actually is all around."
#16re: Ricki Lake has a cameo in new HAIRSPRAY the Musical movie!
Posted: 12/5/06 at 12:06pm
I disagree...I think RENT, THE PRODUCERS, and PHANTOM were indeed looking to be Oscar contenders.
RENT and THE PRODUCERS ran "For your consideration" ads, and I'm not sure about PHANTOM - but it was nominated for a couple Oscars and Golden Globes. I do think PHANTOM was Oscar bait for them.
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Wildcard
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/21/06
#17re: Ricki Lake has a cameo in new HAIRSPRAY the Musical movie!
Posted: 12/5/06 at 12:52pmLikewise, the time when these movies were released also indicated they were hoping for some Oscar love. These were all released towards the end of the year. Hairspray is scheduled for release as a summer movie. The Oscar-baiting musical for 2007 will be Sweeney Todd.
