Big, Blonde and Beautiful

"Big, Blonde and Beautiful" is a blues song in the 2002 musical Hairspray. It is sung by "Motormouth" Maybelle.
Production
In the 2007 movie, a reprise of the song was written, to be sung by Velma von Tussle as she tries to seduces Wilbur Turnblad, and Edna as she freshens up before meeting her husband Wilbur. In.com explains: "According to Film Journal International, the song "Big, Blonde and Beautiful (Reprise)" was added in as at the suggestion of Michelle Pfeiffer to replace a scripted scene, giving her the chance to sing."
Synopsis
During a party at her record store, Maybelle sings about how being fuller figured, blonde and black isn't a bad thing - that she fully embraces those qualities and thinks she is beautiful, and encourages Tracy's timid, heavy-set mother, Edna, to have the same positive attitude towards her weight.
Critical reception
CONNcerts says the song "sums up the body-image element of the story". Sydney Arts Guide said it was a showstopper. Talkin' Broadway says "Motormouth Maybelle...waxes comic in a fantastic paean to people of size called "Big, Blonde, and Beautiful,"".

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