Also expect some language ('damn,' 'ass,' and 'hell') and incorporated advertising for sponsors.

Frequent sexual innuendo likely will go over young kids' heads, but tweens and definitely teens will pick up on allusions to concepts such as sleeping your way to success (a woman mentions screwing the judges to win a pageant, for instance), teen pregnancy, and going 'all the way,' as well as some physical contact among teens. Plus-size Tracy Turnblad also is the subject of quips from judgmental teens and adults, but it plays to her favor because of her ability to turn a blind eye to such unwarranted criticism and only see the best in herself and in her friends on both sides of the color divide. As such, there is a fair amount of stereotyping for most of the story and a wonderful message of inclusion by the end. The story is set in early 1960s Baltimore, with racial segregation the law of the land until a valiant group of teens stands up against the status quo. Parents need to know that Hairspray Live! is a star-studded TV production of the popular Broadway show Hairspray.

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