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Tracy Turnblad Research Paper

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Last night on NBC, viewers saw a delightful blast of a colorful cast that included newcomer Maddie Baillio as Tracy Turnblad in the first television adaptation of Hairspray Live!. Hairspray is musical taking place in the 1960s, a time of racial tension. It’s about a young,curvy,sassy teen blends together races with the power of song and dance. Only a sophomore in high school, she brought such a simple glimmer of sunshine to the nighttime program. Maddie excelled as a newbie to the acting business, and I hope to see her career take full flight after this wonderful experience.
The character Tracy Turnblad has a sassy sway to compliment her curvaceous figure. She walks with her broad chest out. The actress strutted with confidence as if every moment she was ready to conquer the world. She appears as a shorter girl, but the strides that she takes were like those of a true born leader. The opening number “Good Morning Baltimore” automatically awakens the audience to how gleeful and optimistic young Ms.Turnblad is a person. She sashays down the streets outside of her home on her way to school and delivers a sweet belt of the melody from her pure lungs. This is the magic of theater I love to see. …show more content…

Of course, this is heard through her sweetly,soprano voice. Her voice was a bit squeaky at certain times, but she often drew back and loosened the level of perkiness. She sang and spoke a reasonable pace to where you could understand each and every word she sang or spoke. She dazzled in one of my favorite tunes from the musical “Without Love”, a song about how it would feel to be like without newfound,forbidden love. Tracy and Link begin the song with an innocent angst to get close to each other as they are separated due to Tracy’s brief stint in a jail cell. Her vivid,charming voice rang simply beautiful in this

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