According to the World English Dictionary the definition of diversity is “the state or quality of being different or varied”. One of the reasons I love the story of Hairspray is because of all the diversity that it embraces. Yes, there is the obvious racial diversity, but it even goes beyond that to celebrate the more mundane differences such as weight, height, talent, personality, and class. It’s an underdog story in which we love to see the “better” characters get their