Hometown fans and film workers shred their garments and tore their hair when producers decided to shoot Hairspray the movie musical - based on Hairspray the Broadway musical, based on Hairspray the 1988 John Waters film - in Toronto instead of Baltimore.
But the moviemakers have put a sheen on Charm City. Though it's debatable they had to go North to do it, maybe it took their outsiders' eyes to bring out the Emerald City in East Baltimore.
