{"id":1486,"date":"2007-11-21T11:30:17","date_gmt":"2007-11-21T11:30:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/idolchatter\/2007\/11\/hairspray-dvd-pick-of-the-week.html"},"modified":"2007-11-21T11:30:17","modified_gmt":"2007-11-21T11:30:17","slug":"hairspray-dvd-pick-of-the-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/2007\/11\/hairspray-dvd-pick-of-the-week.html","title":{"rendered":"\u201cHairspray\u201d: DVD Pick of the Week"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It was <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/idolchatter\/2007\/07\/hairspray\" target=\"_new\">my favorite movie of the summer, <\/a>it will probably make my top ten list of movie favorites for the entire year, and now it is the perfect choice for a feel-good movie to rent this Thanksgiving week.  Yes, movies about Big Important Issues are needed, and so are movies that Make Us Think, but sometime we need a break from cynicism, doomsday prophecies and  pseudo- important social and ethical  controversies. That\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s why \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Hairspray\u00e2\u20ac\u009d stands out as a joyous, hopeful celebration of life that shouldn&#8217;t be missed.And best of all,  if you rent the two-disc deluxe &#8220;shake and shimmy&#8221; version, you can work off your turkey day dinner learning those really keen &#8220;Hairspray&#8221; dances.Whet your appetite with this clip, the opening song in the movie, &#8220;Good Morning, Baltimore.&#8221;<object width=\"425\" height=\"355\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/8_OtDXi7uRw&#038;rel=1\"><\/param><param name=\"wmode\" value=\"transparent\"><\/param><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/8_OtDXi7uRw&#038;rel=1\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" wmode=\"transparent\" width=\"425\" height=\"355\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It was my favorite movie of the summer, it will probably make my top ten list of movie favorites for the entire year, and now it is the perfect choice for a feel-good movie to rent this Thanksgiving week. 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