Ricki Lake Talks about Working with Divine on ‘Hairspray’

Ricki Lake Talks about Working with Divine on ‘Hairspray’ | TCMFF 2023

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At the 2023 TCM Classic Film Festival, Ricki Lake talks about what it was like working with John Waters’ staple Divine, the bittersweet aspect of having the film be a hit in the wake of Divine’s passing, why John Waters is such a special filmmaker, and more.
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@habracken8004 Жыл бұрын

I loved Ricki in Hairspray. She was great. And every time I hear “The Madison” on Sirius XM I think of this movie. Great interview.

@studiosfifty4 Жыл бұрын

Ricki Lake was brilliant in Hairspray, it was just a great film and extremely funny !

@leogeee1 5 ай бұрын

Great interview!! Saying the original Hairspray was the "best" is an understatement. Factor in the difference in budgets and music choices -- it was far and away superior to anything afterward.❤️

@lesliearonson1447 Жыл бұрын

Thank you thank you for such a sentimental and breakthrough interview. Hairspay is one of my favorite films and I'm now 72 years old . Perfect give and take interview!

@B.Arthur Жыл бұрын

❤ DIVINE

@lisamcdonald1014 Ай бұрын

October 19th, 1945-March 7th, 1988

@patronsaintofnow9765 Жыл бұрын

Love this! Saw HS 6 times the weekend it was released - rewatched for the umpteenth time last week & it NEVER gets old.

@kwahdomo9598 3 ай бұрын

Ricki lake is still fyne as foook ❤

@danbaranowski Жыл бұрын

Ricki Lake is one of my favorites. I enjoyed seeing her host Game Show Marathon in 2006

@TombCat 9 ай бұрын

"You're not fat and you're too old!" Oh Rickie, you're the best.

@joebearnickel3468 Жыл бұрын

Love you Ricki Lake!! Israeli pop singer Netta did a song entitled Ricki Lake which is pretty cool.

@paulatetzloff409 7 ай бұрын

I love both versions of Hairspray.

@kallen868 5 ай бұрын

The NBC Live version is great too!❤

@Someonesaidthis 4 ай бұрын

I love hairspray in general a once in a lifetime kinda story ❤

@ColtonHayes-gy2vt 2 ай бұрын

There is only one HAIRSPRAY, and that's the Original!

@MJo-ng4lj 2 ай бұрын

❤🎉 Memories.

@Noodleydoo 10 ай бұрын

"if you didn't want to do our show, why didn't you just say so?" LOL!!! Man I'd love to be back in the late 80's when you could make shocking jokes like that and no one cried!

@rogerdale5451 9 ай бұрын

Oh! It's so good to see Ricky Lake! I love to see women progress in life normally. She's great. My face is sore from grinning. Two boys. Wonderful!

@zyxw2024 Жыл бұрын

Nice interview/conversation!! 😊

@stephenannese8228 Жыл бұрын

Ricky's great,....watched her talk show too.

@mal1465 9 ай бұрын

Nobody can come close to Divine as Edna Turnblad

@kallen868 5 ай бұрын

I agree but It didn't help that the musical watered down Edna's dialog.

@Nunofurdambiznez Жыл бұрын

As usual, Mario Cantone is all "peppered" up.. probably doesn't even know he's talking over Ricki Lake at evrey turn!

@belasco2 Жыл бұрын

It’s “Divine” not Devine… c’mon now! 🤦🏾‍♂️

@barrylangford3276 Жыл бұрын

Really an unforgivable mistake - especially from TCM

@johnecampos Жыл бұрын

I assume I’ll be the 10,000th person to comment you misspelled Divine’s name.

@j.b.9260 3 ай бұрын

The salt-and-pepper hair and the leather jacket. She is just super-hot.

@lisamcdonald1014 Ай бұрын

Go, Ricki! Go girl!

@SueSnellLives Жыл бұрын

This host is terrible, we don't want to hear about him -- just do the interview. I'm so glad Rikki had her own talk show so she knows how to talk over him when he won't be quiet.

@brianmartin7936 5 ай бұрын

They chose Mario for a reason. If Mario is involved, it's a conversation, not an interview. All of the people there knew what to expect.

@damaracarpenter8316 3 ай бұрын

@@brianmartin7936 I agree, Mario's an icon in his own right too!

@Celluloidkid Жыл бұрын

the musical stunk!!! I remember my mom walked out during the intermission and never came back .. she felt it did a injustice to Divine and Ms Lake..!!! My mom hated the musical .. and after that she felt that John Waters sold out to Hollywood!.

@davemcd9077 10 ай бұрын

kudos to the reference to Craig Russell! (glamour monster, winkwink)

@wdh47211 Жыл бұрын

Divine....not Devine.....please change that. He deserves respect and honor in his memory.

@gwenniegirl50 Жыл бұрын

Who is this host??

@raycathode Жыл бұрын

Mario Cantone

@roccosophie6498 4 ай бұрын

The original "Hairspray," to this date is the greatest John Waters film I've ever seen. Mid Century 20th century was one of the most fun times this nation has ever seen. Sure, there was turmoil and bias but both of those things will always exist no matter what happens in our future! I'd like to see a remake with Ricki playing Divines, role. To me, John Travolta just looked like a gay man in a fat suit pretending to be a woman. Nothing more or less. That movie can not compare to the original.