You Can't Stop The Beat!

To me, art can be many forms of things such as musical theater, my major here at Columbia. There are many different musicals that I love and there are some I just can't stand. However there is one musical that I feel has been a huge part of my life for many years, the musical Hairspray. This piece of musical theater art has touched my soul in so many ways. The message that it delivers through out the show is that you should embrace who you are and don't let anyone think of you differently because you may be overweight or have a different color skin. The music and dancing keeps me on the edge of my seat and the beautiful colorful costumes just make me feel so warm inside. I have had a lot of friends come up to me and tell me how they think that this musical is just horrible because its just to campy and its a fat girl singing and dancing. This always just makes me so upset because they obviously did not listen to the message that this show tells. That is one thing that I absolutely can't stand, when people find it necessary to critique a musical and don't listen to the message that it gives the audience. I feel that Hairspray really relates to the life that I have lived. Growing up gay and being segregated for it (however the main character Tracy is segregated for being fat not gay.) It really changed my life and I think it has for many others who have dealt with the same sort of issues. You Can't Stop The Beat!