Her wish is granted, but not all goes according to plan... See, the problem is that the bitch at WYZT-TV, Velma Von Tussle (Michelle Pfeiffer). She runs Corny's show for the benefit of her daughter, and she won't have "some white whale" come in and ruin it.

But Tracy does just that. She has been in detention with "the colored kids," who have their own "Negro Day" once a month on Corny's show, the one show hosted by Motormouth Maybelle. Tracy emulates their moves, then goes on to impress Corny Collins with them. Standouts include Queen Latifah as flamboyant TV host Motormouth Maybelle, and Allison Janney earns big laughs as the puritanical parent of Tracy's friend Penny (Amanda Bynes), who falls for Maybelle's son, Seaweed (Elijah Kelley).

Yet, a ballooned John Travolta doing a pitiful Divine impression, has some pretty large shoes to fill in the role of Tracy’s hefty mother, Edna, given that the late Divine made the part her own. Mugging desperately in lipstick and a wig, it’s safe to say the final nail has been driven into his integrity coffin.