Hairspray

Last weekend I watched the new movie version of Hairspray. It has been out forever and reviewed to death so let’s just do this: yes, it is cute, yes the songs are super catchy, and yes, it is fun to get up and dance along – especially if you have a 2 year old daughter. Now, on to the more interesting things I learned while watching.
1) Nikki Blonsky is short. I mean, super short. Like, crazy, munchkin short. According to IMDb she is 4’10”, but she seems even shorter because she is so round. She is very good in the movie and extremely cute and perky, and man can she wiggle her chubby little body around, but she looks very amusing standing next to everyone else when she can barely see past their boobs.
2) John Travolta has surprisingly feminine hands. Not in the way that would make him look strange when not dressed in drag, but more in the way that when he is dressed in drag his hands don’t give him away.
3) The allure of Zac Efron remains a mystery to me. He sings fine and all, and he was cute in High School Musical, but his over-all, make the girls (and their mothers) scream, appeal is beyond me. He looks a little too pretty and his hair is awful (although, unfortunately for everyone forced to look at the boys these days, very stylish and popular). His eyes are nice and blue, but they display all of the emotional range and intelligence of a cucumber. I suspect he may actually be a robot.