February 8, 1988

John Waters on Nostalgia, Dance, and Hair.

The first part of a two-part interview with filmmaker and writer John Waters. His new film - "Hairspray" - follows a long line of wildly eccentric films like "Polyester," "Pink Flamingos," and "Female Trouble." Like those films, the setting for "Hairspray" is Baltimore. The cast includes Divine, Debbie Harry, Pia Zadora and Sonny Bono.

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John Waters

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Terry Gross

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Fresh Air with Terry Gross, February 8, 1988: Interview with David Aaron; Review of Mark Helias' album "The Current Set"; Interview with John Waters, Part 1; Review of the television show "Frontline."

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February 8, 1988

27:38

Security Council Director Turns His Experiences Into a Novel.

David Aaron, former deputy director of the National Security Council. His experience as an arms negotiator in the Carter administration provides the background for State Scarlet, his novel about terrorism and nuclear weapons.

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February 8, 1988

07:01

Mark Helias' "The Current Set."

Jazz Critic Kevin Whitehead reviews "The Current Set," bassist Mark Helias' second album as band leader and writer. Helias is probably best known for his work in the late 70s and early 80s with saxophonists Dewey Redman and Anthony Braxton. "The Current Set" features trumpeter Herb Robertson, trombonist Robin Eubanks and alto saxophonist Tim Berne.

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February 8, 1988

04:00

Incredible Documentary About "The Man Who Shot John Lennon."

Television Critic David Bianculli previews "The Man Who Shot John Lennon," the "Frontline" documentary on Mark David Chapman. The program relies on audiotaped psychiatric interviews with Chapman, and on a close analysis of the novel The Catcher in the Rye, which Chapman followed as though it were a script for Lennon's murder.

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John Waters on Nostalgia, Dance, and Hair.

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Other segments from the episode on February 8, 1988

Security Council Director Turns His Experiences Into a Novel.

Mark Helias' "The Current Set."

Incredible Documentary About "The Man Who Shot John Lennon."

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