re: #202 The Vicious Babushka

They did not allow people of color on that show. Then, when they couldn’t ignore the Civil Rights movement any more, they allowed some tokens but NO INTERRACIAL DANCE COUPLES. Blacks could only dance with other Blacks.

I’m trying to recall, because it’s been over two decades since I saw it, but one of the plot points of Hairspray (the film) was something to do with interracial dance couples on a local TV program and how scandalous white folks in Baltimore found it.