Annotations
1. Kronz, Victoria. "Women with Beards and Men in Frocks: Gender Nonconformity in Modern American Film." Sexuality & Culture : An Interdisciplinary Quarterly20.1 (2016): 85-110. Print.
http://link.springer.com.proxy-um.researchport.umd.edu/article/10.1007%2Fs12119-015-9311-4
This is a journal article that explores gender non-conformity in film by exploring various films including hairspray. It is relevant because it explores some of the themes in Hairspray and delves into why it is an LGBT object. It is an acceptable source because it is from a peer reviewed journal.
2. Naff, Kevin. "A tale of two stories." Washington Blade 28 Dec. 2007: 20. LGBT Life with Full Text. Web. 8 Apr. 2016.
This is newspaper article about a call to boycott the 2007 version of Hairspray. It is relevant because the author talks about how John Travolta's character was wrongly cast. It is an acceptable source because it is from a credible publication.
3. Woodward, Suzanne. "Taming Transgression: Gender-Bending in Hairspray (John Waters, 1988) and Its Remake." New Cinemas: Journal of Contemporary Film 10.2 (2012): 115-126. Print.
This is a journal article that explores the significance of the camp musical as a political vehicle for queer politics. It is relevant because it explores the underlying themes of the musical and compares and contrasts both the original and the remake. It is an acceptable source beause it is from a peer reviewed journal.