Hairspray

Movie • 1988 • Comedy  

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Ample teen Tracy Turnblad wants nothing more than to be on the hip local TV dance program, "The Corny Collins Show" -- and when her dream comes true, her lively moves and bubbly personality meet with unexpected popularity. But after witnessing firsthand the terrible state of race relations in 1960s Baltimore, Turnblad becomes an outspoken advocate for desegregation.
This movie contains 11 potentially triggering events.
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Does the dog die?
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Are animals abused?
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A rat is gently moved by a foot
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Does an animal die?
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Does a pet die?
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Were animals harmed in the making?
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Is there a dead animal?
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Is a minor sexualized?
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Does a horse die?
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Is there excessive gore?
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Is there bestiality?
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Abuse
Is a child abused?
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Animal
Does a cat die?
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Are there snakes?
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Are there bugs?
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No live bugs but fake ones and lots of talk of roaches living in hair
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Assault
Is someone sexually assaulted?
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Bodily Harm
Is there a hanging?
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No, but a racist protester carries a noose prominently in frame
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A man has his knees broken
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Disability
Is the r-slur used?
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A few times
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Penny is forcefully carried away by her parents, kicking and screaming, and ‘imprisoned’ as punishment
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Are there ghosts?
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Gross
Does someone vomit?
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SamZuckowich
Around and hour and 5 min in we see a spinning ride at a fair slowing to a stop. A blonde woman leans over the side of the ride and v*.
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Does someone spit?
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Is there copaganda?
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Medical
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A psychiatrist uses a cattle prod device to shock his patient
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Mental Health
Is there misophonia?
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Exaggerated kissing sounds
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2 characters use diet pills to suppress their appetites
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Pregnancy
Does someone miscarry?
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Is there childbirth?
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Are there abortions?
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Does a pregnant person die?
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Prejudice
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Passing usage of the word queer as an insult
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The R word is used and special education is mocked
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Very frequent throughout the whole movie, but no hard rs.
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Does an LGBT person die?
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Lots
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Does the black guy die first?
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Is there hate speech?
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Sex
Are there incestuous relationships?
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overturezzzmedia
Plenty of teenagers ‘necking’, dancing sexually, making out, and ‘getting to second’
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Vehicular
Does a car crash?
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Does a plane crash?
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Is someone hit by a car?
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Violence
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Is there a nuclear explosion?
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Is there gun violence?
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