Hairspray (1988 film) film version of "Hairspray", an adaptation of the stage musical, was also released by New Line Cinema in 2007, which included many changes of scripted items from the original. In Baltimore, Maryland in the year 1962, Tracy Turnblad and her best friend, Penny Pingleton, audition for "The Corny Collins Show", a popular Baltimore teenage dance show (based on the real-life "Buddy Deane Show"). Penny is too nervous and stumbles over her answers, and another girl, Nadine, is cut for being black (the show has a "Negro Day" on the last Thursday of every month, she is told). However, despite being
Ricki and the Flash consensus reads, "Meryl Streep's outstanding work helps "Ricki and the Flash" overcome its inconsistent tone and fairly-predictable premise." Metacritic gives the film a score of 54 out of 100, based on reviews from 36 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews". CinemaScore announced that audiences gave the film an average grade of "B" on an A+ to F scale. IGN gave the film a score of 7.8/10, saying, ""Ricki and the Flash" offers a breezy, heartwarming, if somewhat manufactured tale about an aging rocker reconnecting with her family". Ricki and the Flash Ricki and the Flash is a 2015 American comedy-drama