The action finds its beginning and ending on the city streets of 1960s Baltimore. Needless to say, African Americans are less than assimilated at this point in time. One of the movie’s themes addresses the need to desegregate television and society. The movie’s music is as infectious and exciting. Show stopping musical numbers like “Run and Tell That” and “Welcome to the 60s” are sure crowd-pleasers. “I Know Where I’ve Been,” performed by Queen Latifah, reigns as one of the most powerfully moving tracks presented in the film. The surprisingly effective musical number chronicles a struggle and a hope of triumph. There is no dancing or performance-like aspects during this particular song. The song depicts the characters overcoming fear and bonding together to invoke change in their community. It also makes small references to God being the source of hope and help. After this number, spontaneous cheering erupted in the theater where MOVIEGUIDE® viewed the film. References are made to Christ within the film. Most of these, however, come from Penny Pingleton’s straight-laced mother, who is against any sort of sin and cultural change. There are comedic scenes where the mother reads religious texts, listens to records entitled “The Lord’s Prayer,” and splashes holy water on her daughter. The character is depicted in a mostly negative light, which adds to the movie’s Romantic elements.
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Regrettably, the movie does not attempt to express that Jesus Christ loves and accepts all his children, and this love covers a multitude of sins (1 Peter 4:8). Inappropriate and distracting are two words that would describe John Travolta’s performance as Tracy’s mother, Edna Turnblad. John Waters had the cross-dressing transvestite, Divine, playing the mother in the original movie.