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Here’s a nostalgic look at the sixties that doesn’t involve Tom Hanks.

Long before Ricky Lake was the queen of daytime trash TV, she was the queen of the hop. Here she stars as Tracy Turnblad, a girl from the wrong side of the tracks who rises to fame on the “Corny Collins” TV dance show. Tracy jumps around in cute little dresses, sets her hair on juice cans, and models for the “Hefty Hideaway Boutique.”

But when the TV station won’t let her best friend, Penny Pingleton, and her black boyfriend on the show at the same time, Tracy heads up an integrationist movement. Soon she’s being chased by her parents, the police, and a psychologist (director John Waters) who wants to “cure” the girls of their affection towards black folks.

You just can’t go wrong with a movie that has Sonny Bono, Blondie, Pia Zadora, and the guy from the Cars. I really can’t say enough good things about this movie. If you die without seeing this movie, it’s your own damn fault.