Christie Keith of AfterElton had the luck to catch a "rough partial screening" (we have no idea what the hell it means, either) of the upcoming Hairspray movie and came back confident enough to post an early review.

The good news is that, at worst, they didn't fuck it up (like everyone was thinking they would). Even better news is that, according to Keith, all in all, it's actually pretty good.

Keith gives readers the full rundown on AfterElton and gets director Adam Shankman to relay the motivation he gave Michelle Pfeiffer in the role of blonde bitch Velma Von Tussle:

You are an unmitigated racist. You are - this is a horrible thing to say, but it’s like, if Jon-Benet grew up. You’re the little girl beauty queen who got stuck. You just don’t want to change. At all. And you are stuck in the late 40s.”

No wonder John Waters gave his blessing.

Exclusive report from a Hairspray advance screening [AfterElton]