Wednesday, February 15, 2012

Seminar 9: Lens question on Hairspray

My focus for this exercize is on Velma von Tussle and the role that she plays as a stakeholder in the selection of a prize winner.

The lens question is:

"In Hairspray (2007), Velma von Tussle goes to great lengths to ensure that her daughter is crowned Miss Teenage Baltimore. To what extent can this phenomenon be explained by John Street's article 'Showbusiness of a serious kind'?"