don't mess with perfection
I happen to live in the town that premiered the stage musical version of Hairspray before it went on to Broadyway and won lots of Tonys. I used to be a theatre major and I do enjoy a more than a fair amount of musical theatre (some of it can be quite grating also). I don't begrudge the success of the stage version of this show - it was great - but I do protest the fact that they are now making a movie version of the stage version of this classic film. This also recently happened with The Producers and as much as I like Matthew Broderick and Nathan Lane (I would have eagerly seen them perform the stage version if I'd had the opportunity), I just could not bring myself to see their movie version. Perhaps it's because I feel that Hollywood relies too heavily on remakes as it is that I feel this way, but it really does seem extra absurd to do a movie adaptation of a theatrical production which was an adaptation of a film (and a great one, at that).