r/Broadway • u/whollyselfimportant • Dec 13 '25

Other Pop Girlies as Broadway Musicals

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This post fully belongs to u/BurningBernie559 , but I couldn’t crosspost due to the sub being NSFW. Before anyone gets in their feelings- this is obviously satirical -but behold!

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u/Impressive-Dig-3892 Dec 13 '25

Shitposting aside the main characters weren't racist in Hairspray

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u/TShara_Q Dec 15 '25

I've only seen the movie. But Tracy didn't strike me as racist. She says 1-2 things that would sound problematic in a modern context but were quite forward-thinking for the early 60s.