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'?"
HI Salima, you may need more than Street to explain this phenomenon. I anticipate readings on child-parent relationships and anticipation (living vicariously through your offspring); and the pathology of the stage mother, etc. This paper does not allow for such scope. But, let's see what startling insights Street may offer.
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