Hairspray: The Musical That Influenced My Life

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A lot of thing that I've seen in my life have influenced me in the way I see the world. This is just a perfect timing i have just watched a musical that makes me think about how things were and the things you could do in life. I feel like anything we see on a movie or anything in general is more like a life lesson and people like things differently and see things differently that's why there are many ways of showing something to someone. The musical that got me to see the different things in life was Hairspray, I fell in love with this musical for many reasons one of them is because it's back to the 60s and I like how people were back in the days my grandparents tell me a lot of stories of how people were back then and how the world has changed …show more content…
The girl's name was Tracy she wanted to be on television even her mom told her people like them would only be a joke but what I like about Tracy is that nothing stopped her no matter what people said. The thing is that she didn't let on one stop her and she want what she wanted. Also how black people weren't able to do the same thing as white people. The messages in this musical is that everyone is equal no matter the weight and color. I wish now in days everything was the same and people wouldn't let anything stop them from doing what they wanted and not to care about other people bad opinion. The way I view the world is that there will always be people in the way to what you want to achieve but don't let that stop you from achieving your dreams. In one of the songs they sing Tracy says “it's always been my bream……” and a girl tells her “then maybe you should go back to sleep” but that didn't stop her. Don't let anyone tell you what you can or can't do. With a good positive mind like Tracy had you could get anywhere. I enjoyed every single thing about this musical and I encourage people to watch

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