Pleasantly plump teenager Tracy Turnblad auditions to be on Baltimore's most popular dance show - The Corny Collins Show - and lands a prime spot. Through her newfound fame, she becomes determined to help her friends and end the racial segregation that has been a staple of the show.
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Romance
Keywords: 1960s , agoraphobia , baltimore-usa , based-on-movie , based-on-play-or-musical , dance , dance-show , dreams , equality , fat-shaming , integration , man-in-drag , musical , overweight-woman , race-politics , remake , school-party , suspicion-of-adultery , teen-movie