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214: Hairspray (1988) with Anna Carey

Juvenalia

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Episode  ·  1:07:10  ·  Jul 10, 2025

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Author and podcaster Anna Carey returns to the show to talk to Alan and Sarah about John Waters’s punk camp classic Hairspray. We talka about camp, the lived-in-ness of the sets of Hairspray, the genius of Divine, the aesthetics of low-budget filmmaking, and so much more.Anna is @urchinette. Her new novel Our Song is out now and she co-hosts the very popular Double Love podcast.Alan is ⁠@alan_maguire⁠. He does a bit of standup but Juvenalia is his main thing right now.Sarah is ⁠@griffski⁠. Her new novel Eat The Ones You Love is also out right now.Thank you to Dee McDonnell for our artwork.We have a Patreon! You can get bonus episodes including our fortnightly show Started/Finished where we talk about the pop culture we’ve started and finished recently. We also have some free lil bits of merch. It's ⁠patreon.com/juvenalia This episode was produced by Alan MaguireJuvenalia is a Tall Tales podcast. Thank you Cassie.

1h 7m 10s  ·  Jul 10, 2025

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