@@thegreenmanofnorwich It's absolutely true that more confidence comes with practice, but as a dancer, you can choose to project energy and confidence even if you feel insecure. It makes a difference.
we actually have this musical for our next semester and we don't actually have black people but we do have some dark-skinned people and we try to make it work
And yes this is an issue here because Hairspray is literally about racial segregation, and this song in specific is a critique about how white artists steal from black artists and take credit, eg Elvis. It's VITAL that the second group of girls be black because it's a representation of their expression of culture. It's their song that the first group appropriated. Having both groups be white (with the second bizarrely just being dressed in black) takes away from that message. Someone without context might wonder what the point of the second group even is... they're all white girls, what point is trying to be made there? On top of that the second group sucks here, they're bad at the fast parts because they enunciate way too much, but that's just my opinion.
What was the point of doing play about equality for the races if you don't have black people? I mean it wasn't bad, but it didn't make sense because the whole point is to show diversity. And they had none
No, they can chose wat ever they want. Black ppl are important to the story but black ppl is not a requirement of that play. It’s a great musical n ppl want to sing it.
@@joeshanahan2919 I’m well aware. I’ve seen hairspray millions of times. But get over it. Ppls race change in theatre all the time. This isn’t anything new. There’s no law that says black ppl is a requirement. They don’t have to. But I’m sure they would love to, since we have no idea their situation. They can do any production they want. Again there no requirements to the show. They are literally legally allowed to do the show even without blk ppl. Hairsprays a great musical and and the girls did just fine. Stop creating problems.
@@futurelane3377 not about legality. It’s about right and wrong. I’m not creating a problem. You’re just fucking ignorant or lobotomized I can’t tell which one.
Definition of racism 😂😂 I mean if you don't have enough black people in the school or whatever. Why have a musical about Black discrimination and diversity? and the harmonies are just awful or the second round of girls. They were trying out sing each other. the first ones were okay.
MakeYou Smile it's not racism. Racism is hatred or generalisation of a racial group. I get what you mean about the play not making sense and i completely agree but it's not racism tho :)
Autumn, let me just say this: It's inspirational for a black character to play a white character because mainstream film and tv TAKES roles from people of color and have them played by white actors. Hairspray is a story ABOUT a television series trying to erase and suppress black people from the screen and how people fought against it so that blacks and whties could dance on air together. If they dont have any black singers they shouldnt have done it because by having the black roles played by whites, they envoke the exact same evil the show is about getting rid of. As such, the movie WHite Chicks isn't racist because it itself is a film about the ridiculousnes of blackface/whiteface. Mind you, you do realize the movie has damn near no jokes against whites, but jokes against rich people (its a parody of Paris Hilton and Nicole Richie. and guess what? NICOLE RICHIE IS HALF BLACK AND IDENTIFIES AS BLACK) Using white chicks as an example isnt a good case for you.
since everyone else has already covered what Id say about the race issue I want to bring up another problem, energy. Dear lord. maybe Im going crazy but this song just felt slow and lethargic, there wasnt enough energy, especially in the second group which needs to have more soul. its just rather bland and unfortunate.
grace reynolds I agree. Even the worst of performances can be fixed with some energy. Maybe if they had energy, the race problem wouldn't be a big deal.
I appreciate their singing talent but not in this piece. This was boring. Although the 2nd group was nice, it would have been better to incorporate African American singers so that they can achieve the range needed.
Andria B I don't think race makes a difference with notes. It's just melan levels in their skin not vocal cords... Also I saw in a previous comment this was just a showcase not the actual musical and I'm guessing the school didn't have enough black people who were interested in doing it.
As other people have mentioned, it is quite disturbing as a black person to watch a group of white girls play the roles of The Dynamites and I personally think that if you don't have the right cast to portray black people in this musical, don't perform it. Its not just a musical, it holds so much importance as it was set in the height of the Civil Rights Movement and addresses fat-shaming, RACISM, student activism, community-police interactions, media bias, and discrimination. So it means quite a lot that BLACK PEOPLE play theses roles, whether it's The Dynamites, Seaweed, Little Inez, Motormouth Maybelle etc. No hate to these girls, just constructive criticism and I hope you do better in the future.
I’m writing an essay on race in musical theatre and someone came across this video (wish I didn’t) it’s is so incredibly disturbing to have the white girls in white and the black girls in black! If you don’t have the facilities to perform the song, don’t! Utterly shocking
Girl be quiet. Bp is not a requirement. There’s no rules someone has abide by just to do this play. Ppl can do watever play they want. I swear y’all make problems out of nothing. If they don’t have wat they need then it’s make do.
@@BeckySalmon well get over it, it happens all the time in theatre 🎭. People have a different race then the actual characters all the time. Stop thinking about race, stop making everything bout race all the time and u won’t see it. It’s just young adults who want to do the production. That’s it. Stop making it bigger then it is. It’s just about the production. No god gives u more wen u can’t appreciate the little u have. The girls did good. Make it a little more lively. But overall well done.
Hello Diversity!!!!! Come on guys!!!! The show is about diversity and they just through the whole meaning out on the street because of the casting for this song.
The entire musical is about racism and discrimination. This song in particular is meant to showcase the differences between the white and black performers, with the significance of the song being it was the black performers who wrote it. And yet, ALL of the performers in this video are white. What does that sound like to you?
I feel like they honestly probably didn't have a high poc population in their school, cause I was actually thinking it would be cool if my old school did hairspray until I realized my town is so small it's predominantly Caucasians. Not necessarily a racist thing, maybe more of an actual population thing
Good rendition. The girls being the dynamites could maybe do with a bit more power. It sort of seems a bit uncomfortable that the dynamites aren't black, since Velma threatening Maybelle was part of the larger issue of different treatments of different races. That said, if they were the best singers for it, then it's better than going in blackface
if the theater department couldn't get enough black people to be in their plays why would they pay for the rights to a musical where 50% of the characters are black.....logic right there
The second set was supposed to be black. It makes the song have contrast because the first set is nice, but very basic. The second set is upbeat, more energetic. Having the second set say step aside and then be the same exact thing just doesn't make sense.
Can people calm down about how the second group was white not black. This was posted from a high school choir channel. There probably wasn't enough diversity in the choir or maybe those girls' voices' fit better for the parts. It's not rasicm, it's just how it worked out with a singing parts. Race was probably the last thing the director factored in.
Abigail Sullivan ok so why were they wearing black and the other girls were wearing white like come on now we all no they tried to meet the expectation but sadly didnt
They could have gotten away with just doing the number. However it's the dress colours that irked me the most. Like if you think having the colour divide is that important then don't do the song smh
I couldn't figure out why this video had so many dislikes until I got to 1:16. Y'all should have just left the white dressed girls to sing the rest of the song. The switch wasn't necessary if there wasn't a change in race.
Sorry, ladies in the black didn't quite cut it for me. The sass, aggression and panache was totally lacking. There was no expression and they were so stiff. It just, wasn't giving
I personally don't like this. it's not because of the lack of black people, I really don't give a shit, it's just that they where lacking all the energy you need. Thats what makes a song really good. They sounded really scared in my opinion
omg the girl in the middle was trying to be black o lordy that kinda made me try were they micking the black women just on purpose or were they even trying o wow at least y'all tried they probably shooda just did black girls for the second one BC I think that wood have been better but y'all do have pretty voices
Sadly purely bubblegum pop doesn't do it for this particular number (don't get me wrong the ladies have lovely singing voices) but the transition part of the song doesn't have that certain edginess to it that the song needed to contrast the first part
All these people in the comments complaining about how this school probably didn't have enough black people yet I'm not seeing any people that are talking about how nice they sounded. Kinda sad how people would rather complain than compliment. This is just a bunch of high schoolers singing a song from Hairspray! Is it not understandable that their school probably didn't have enough black kids? My school literally only has three!
That’s fine, but then don’t choose a song that’s supposed to include black people in a musical about racial integration. That’s like doing “I like to live in America” from west side story and have everyone be white...
Yeah this was offensive for sure. I could understand if they had 2 black girls and one Latina or something because they didn’t have enough black girls who could sing or something but 3 white girls... yikes
In the show, yes, they are black. But, these girls are performing a fun number from the show "Hairspray". They were not trying to recreate the actual stage number. I think its clever that they came out in white or black dresses, respectively. For crying out loud, its a simple high school concert of Broadway music.
Why it’s racist Isn’t it ironic that in the white girls part the girls are wearing white dresses and the black girls part there wearing black dresses so disrespectful Mad disrespectful. This song in the movie was representing segregation and this is what they do, there’s lots of ways to get 3 black girls to sing that part 🤦🏾♀️
MineGIRL Squid because the girls meant to be singing that part were meant to be black in the original which actually makes no sense coz the hairspray musical has this song to show the racial difference of the singers but they were all white XD
The second set of girls are supposed to be black not dressed in black.
You have all the reason, cause Im mad to see the second group -___-
That's kinda racist cause mabey it was white only Broadway
I don't think this is Broadway.. But do they still have white only theaters??
Brianna Streeter No, it's illegal. If there was, it would get shut down
Agreed! They could've worn orange like the group in the movie!
Singing is fine but the energy is just low
I was about to say that. They are great singers but the energy is just meh
You do it with more energy then
I'm wondering if the energy might have come with more confidence, which itself might have come with more practice
@@thegreenmanofnorwich It's absolutely true that more confidence comes with practice, but as a dancer, you can choose to project energy and confidence even if you feel insecure. It makes a difference.
Couldn’t agree more
I've never watched an upbeat musical number and wanted to fall asleep.
can't yall do another musical if you don't have enough black people? it's pretty ironic.
right they cant nail this song
Lessly Cepeda this was a musical showcase so it wasn't quite that case. But I agree it doesn't 110% make sense
we actually have this musical for our next semester and we don't actually have black people but we do have some dark-skinned people and we try to make it work
ThatOne no, that would be sacrilege. Just like that time some idiots made Seaweed lesbians
Dhenyze Guevara dark skinned people is black people..
And yes this is an issue here because Hairspray is literally about racial segregation, and this song in specific is a critique about how white artists steal from black artists and take credit, eg Elvis. It's VITAL that the second group of girls be black because it's a representation of their expression of culture. It's their song that the first group appropriated. Having both groups be white (with the second bizarrely just being dressed in black) takes away from that message. Someone without context might wonder what the point of the second group even is... they're all white girls, what point is trying to be made there?
On top of that the second group sucks here, they're bad at the fast parts because they enunciate way too much, but that's just my opinion.
@@bryer4703 It literally does. Exempli gratia in Latin.
@@bryer4703 "Look at me, I put a sentence intp Google translate."
@@hypotheticaltapeworm Bro got bamboozled💀
It was painful to watch. No connection between singers also dancing was limp. Awkward. 🙈
What was the point of doing play about equality for the races if you don't have black people? I mean it wasn't bad, but it didn't make sense because the whole point is to show diversity. And they had none
Olivia Vales because they probably didn't have black actors to play, this is very low budget highly doubt they could afford to pay professional
Olivia Vales this exactly what I said to myself I was thinking that the black dresses meant they were suppose to be the black people
Olivia Vales this was a musical showcase so it wasn't quite that case. But I agree it doesn't 110% make sense
Olivia Vales speak the truth this how people show their hatred
Olivia Vales if it was performed in a small town they may not have many POC but they still might want to perform this song.
If the race of a character is vital to the story and you don’t have someone of that race...pick a different song
No, they can chose wat ever they want. Black ppl are important to the story but black ppl is not a requirement of that play. It’s a great musical n ppl want to sing it.
@@futurelane3377 it’s absolutely vital to the story are you kidding me? The entire show is literally about segregation…
@@joeshanahan2919 I’m well aware. I’ve seen hairspray millions of times. But get over it. Ppls race change in theatre all the time. This isn’t anything new. There’s no law that says black ppl is a requirement. They don’t have to. But I’m sure they would love to, since we have no idea their situation. They can do any production they want. Again there no requirements to the show. They are literally legally allowed to do the show even without blk ppl. Hairsprays a great musical and and the girls did just fine. Stop creating problems.
@@futurelane3377 not about legality. It’s about right and wrong. I’m not creating a problem. You’re just fucking ignorant or lobotomized I can’t tell which one.
@@joeshanahan2919 Would you rather them do blackface? That's what I thought
The second group was supposed to have more sass and be upbeat
Deandre Ruffin and black
@@andrewautry8268 why should they have to be black just becasue they were in the movie
@@andrewautry8268 it really dosent it's just a song
@@dumpsterdeedee Ummm. The whole show is about segregating and integrating... And all this singers are white. So yeah it does matter
@@stopmotionfilms4081 I reall doesnt becasue they weren't performing the show but go off
They got a bad case of the Caucasians
Angel Ramirez-Garcia 🤣😂😂🤣🤣😂
the caucasity
When the second group was just as bland as the first group 😂
Mhm
I cant believe the second set of girls did a "black" voice 😂
LOL
They look like thy are forced to do this😂😂😂
Definition of racism 😂😂 I mean if you don't have enough black people in the school or whatever. Why have a musical about Black discrimination and diversity? and the harmonies are just awful or the second round of girls. They were trying out sing each other. the first ones were okay.
MakeYou Smile this was a musical showcase so it wasn't quite that case. But I agree it doesn't 110% make sense
MakeYou Smile it's not racism. Racism is hatred or generalisation of a racial group. I get what you mean about the play not making sense and i completely agree but it's not racism tho :)
Autumn, let me just say this: It's inspirational for a black character to play a white character because mainstream film and tv TAKES roles from people of color and have them played by white actors. Hairspray is a story ABOUT a television series trying to erase and suppress black people from the screen and how people fought against it so that blacks and whties could dance on air together. If they dont have any black singers they shouldnt have done it because by having the black roles played by whites, they envoke the exact same evil the show is about getting rid of. As such, the movie WHite Chicks isn't racist because it itself is a film about the ridiculousnes of blackface/whiteface. Mind you, you do realize the movie has damn near no jokes against whites, but jokes against rich people (its a parody of Paris Hilton and Nicole Richie. and guess what? NICOLE RICHIE IS HALF BLACK AND IDENTIFIES AS BLACK) Using white chicks as an example isnt a good case for you.
Autumn Peacock lol white chicks was funny
Patricia Guerrero it's a great theme , the show must go on
since everyone else has already covered what Id say about the race issue I want to bring up another problem, energy.
Dear lord. maybe Im going crazy but this song just felt slow and lethargic, there wasnt enough energy, especially in the second group which needs to have more soul. its just rather bland and unfortunate.
grace reynolds I agree. Even the worst of performances can be fixed with some energy. Maybe if they had energy, the race problem wouldn't be a big deal.
I appreciate their singing talent but not in this piece. This was boring. Although the 2nd group was nice, it would have been better to incorporate African American singers so that they can achieve the range needed.
Andria B I don't think race makes a difference with notes. It's just melan levels in their skin not vocal cords... Also I saw in a previous comment this was just a showcase not the actual musical and I'm guessing the school didn't have enough black people who were interested in doing it.
A. Ham I'm not saying black people are better singers but they sound significantly different and this video kind of proved it
Destiny Davis I agree. Many of the professional African singers have a different ranges that would have been more appropriate for this piece
LMFAO the second group a girls were suppose to clap on the off beat 😂
As other people have mentioned, it is quite disturbing as a black person to watch a group of white girls play the roles of The Dynamites and I personally think that if you don't have the right cast to portray black people in this musical, don't perform it. Its not just a musical, it holds so much importance as it was set in the height of the Civil Rights Movement and addresses fat-shaming, RACISM, student activism, community-police interactions, media bias, and discrimination. So it means quite a lot that BLACK PEOPLE play theses roles, whether it's The Dynamites, Seaweed, Little Inez, Motormouth Maybelle etc. No hate to these girls, just constructive criticism and I hope you do better in the future.
This is not so good! They have no enthusiasm. Very boring!
I’m writing an essay on race in musical theatre and someone came across this video (wish I didn’t) it’s is so incredibly disturbing to have the white girls in white and the black girls in black! If you don’t have the facilities to perform the song, don’t! Utterly shocking
Girrrrrl. You took the words right out of my mouth because I didn’t know what else to say except they just shouldn’t have done this.
Girl be quiet. Bp is not a requirement. There’s no rules someone has abide by just to do this play. Ppl can do watever play they want. I swear y’all make problems out of nothing. If they don’t have wat they need then it’s make do.
@@futurelane3377 your way of thinking is gross! The show is literally about segregation! If you don’t have a black cast do not perform the show
@@BeckySalmon well get over it, it happens all the time in theatre 🎭. People have a different race then the actual characters all the time. Stop thinking about race, stop making everything bout race all the time and u won’t see it. It’s just young adults who want to do the production. That’s it. Stop making it bigger then it is. It’s just about the production. No god gives u more wen u can’t appreciate the little u have. The girls did good. Make it a little more lively. But overall well done.
@@futurelane3377 the musical is literally about race… I’m very baffled at how stupid you’re making yourself look here…
White dresses and black dresses to make up for the fact they don't have black singers XD
yall really didn't just wear black dresses for... oml
er....um. this play is about bringing two races together. did you guys have black performers in your production?
coquestia dixon it's a showcase so they only did a song, not the actual musical. Things like population, location and interest plays a part too.
Hello Diversity!!!!! Come on guys!!!! The show is about diversity and they just through the whole meaning out on the street because of the casting for this song.
ah yes, racism
Oh come on
+Tevin Rittenhouse Whatever do you mean?
+Clear's O Baby A Triple its not racism
The entire musical is about racism and discrimination.
This song in particular is meant to showcase the differences between the white and black performers, with the significance of the song being it was the black performers who wrote it. And yet, ALL of the performers in this video are white.
What does that sound like to you?
I feel like they honestly probably didn't have a high poc population in their school, cause I was actually thinking it would be cool if my old school did hairspray until I realized my town is so small it's predominantly Caucasians. Not necessarily a racist thing, maybe more of an actual population thing
01:43 The girl in the middle is so creepy!!!
i luv luv luv ur choreography...but ur energy is extremely low
yep
They took it from the movie
Good rendition. The girls being the dynamites could maybe do with a bit more power. It sort of seems a bit uncomfortable that the dynamites aren't black, since Velma threatening Maybelle was part of the larger issue of different treatments of different races. That said, if they were the best singers for it, then it's better than going in blackface
I know that they didn't substitute black singers with white singers in black dresses
Excellent sound recording. Rare in non- commercial stage productions.
like the choreography off and where my black people at like with I came here to see them😂😂
No offence but that's not kinda Broadway worthey
Daire Mcbride because its not broadyway....... :|
yvie bessette XD
Daire McBride no duh
The whole point of Hairspray is diversity in race. The second group really should've been black.
Agreed
Great song
The irony 😂
Lol I hope he irony in this is not lost on them
if the theater department couldn't get enough black people to be in their plays why would they pay for the rights to a musical where 50% of the characters are black.....logic right there
I've seen the one with with highlights in the wight dress before? Anyone else know where's she from?
Step aside white ladies, we got white ladies
Did anyone else not notice the girl to the far right in the second group kept pulling up her dress
The second set was supposed to be black. It makes the song have contrast because the first set is nice, but very basic. The second set is upbeat, more energetic. Having the second set say step aside and then be the same exact thing just doesn't make sense.
there happens to be a lack of black women what's going on here
I Remember This ♡
This lacks a lot of seasoning
They look so bored...
Can people calm down about how the second group was white not black. This was posted from a high school choir channel. There probably wasn't enough diversity in the choir or maybe those girls' voices' fit better for the parts. It's not rasicm, it's just how it worked out with a singing parts. Race was probably the last thing the director factored in.
haha ikr
Why would race be the last thing they think about when this whole movie is about racial segregation?
Abigail Sullivan ok so why were they wearing black and the other girls were wearing white like come on now we all no they tried to meet the expectation but sadly didnt
They could have gotten away with just doing the number. However it's the dress colours that irked me the most. Like if you think having the colour divide is that important then don't do the song smh
But why even do this song if that’s the case? And their voices were NOT better they didnt sound good
i cringed
AHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAA FUCKING DEAAAAD
When was this
What in Caucasian?
I couldn't figure out why this video had so many dislikes until I got to 1:16. Y'all should have just left the white dressed girls to sing the rest of the song. The switch wasn't necessary if there wasn't a change in race.
The second group was supposed to deliver… they misunderstood the assignment
1-2-3-4-da-da-da-snap girls TEMPO, TEMPO!
Great u get the memo of it
The entire purpose of that scene was defeated here. If you can't find Black actors, either pick another play or skip the song entirely.
Oh honey
They were like... eh, and boring. I instantly deleted this from my history when I first saw it :/ OOF
What are they wearing?
did yall hear that blacent they tried to put on
I know the white girl who said “ladies step aside” did not just try to emulate a blaccent I just-
Dry Shampoo: The Sequel
Sorry, ladies in the black didn't quite cut it for me. The sass, aggression and panache was totally lacking. There was no expression and they were so stiff. It just, wasn't giving
Nice and cute girls.
this was straight whack
I personally don't like this. it's not because of the lack of black people, I really don't give a shit, it's just that they where lacking all the energy you need. Thats what makes a song really good. They sounded really scared in my opinion
It would've been a bit more tolerable if they were dressed in black I think that just makes it bad caus theyre supposed to be black
I liked it. Unfortunately this song isn't broadway. It was written for the movie version. I do believe the girls all had very nice voice tho
This is rehearsal
in the second line they said the new girl in town what kind of dance move they do? how does it called?
Lia Lia Lia the charleston, it is a 20's dance move
inspired from charleston , called the mashed potato
omg the girl in the middle was trying to be black o lordy that kinda made me try were they micking the black women just on purpose or were they even trying o wow at least y'all tried they probably shooda just did black girls for the second one BC I think that wood have been better but y'all do have pretty voices
You couldn't find three black girls? This is so ironic
Sadly purely bubblegum pop doesn't do it for this particular number (don't get me wrong the ladies have lovely singing voices) but the transition part of the song doesn't have that certain edginess to it that the song needed to contrast the first part
oh nahhhh
These comments are killing me! 😂😂😂
white dynamites wowwwww 😂😂😂
crap theres no move ment dats why
I think elementary students can dance more decent than they do.
All these people in the comments complaining about how this school probably didn't have enough black people yet I'm not seeing any people that are talking about how nice they sounded. Kinda sad how people would rather complain than compliment. This is just a bunch of high schoolers singing a song from Hairspray! Is it not understandable that their school probably didn't have enough black kids? My school literally only has three!
That’s fine, but then don’t choose a song that’s supposed to include black people in a musical about racial integration. That’s like doing “I like to live in America” from west side story and have everyone be white...
I know you didn't put three white girls in black dresses to sing the black girl's part. I just KNOW you didn't.
Alright, time to bring in the Black girls.
*Girls come in dressed in Black*
😞😞😞😞😞 Maybe they didn't have the people needed to sing.
Yeah this was offensive for sure. I could understand if they had 2 black girls and one Latina or something because they didn’t have enough black girls who could sing or something but 3 white girls... yikes
In the show, yes, they are black. But, these girls are performing a fun number from the show "Hairspray". They were not trying to recreate the actual stage number. I think its clever that they came out in white or black dresses, respectively. For crying out loud, its a simple high school concert of Broadway music.
u both are so good at singing
the harmony the have
They all looked like they're forced to do things they don't wanna do. But good effort.
I'm sorry but who played the black people in a musical about the 1960s civil rights movement?
What in the caucasion
Why are they white? and because they sing like white? 🤔
1:43 the devil
Isn't the second group supposed to be black?
Why is there white girls playing black girls😭
Not bad
Wow this is sad 😔
Loved this
an embarrassment
Yep this is racist 🤦🏾♀️
Why it’s racist
Isn’t it ironic that in the white girls part the girls are wearing white dresses and the black girls part there wearing black dresses so disrespectful Mad disrespectful. This song in the movie was representing segregation and this is what they do, there’s lots of ways to get 3 black girls to sing that part 🤦🏾♀️
yes they killed
Blacent to
...hmm...
why are the 2nd people in black dresses
MineGIRL Squid because the girls meant to be singing that part were meant to be black in the original which actually makes no sense coz the hairspray musical has this song to show the racial difference of the singers but they were all white XD
sally jackson lol