"She was on the verge of success" - Hairspray had just been released. "How sad is that?" Chapman said. "When movie stars die, our image of them becomes very specific. When we think of Marilyn, she's in the white dress. When we think of Judy Garland, she's gingham. When we think of Divine, we see the glamorous monster in the red dress, with the gun in her hand. All of these images, that's not who these people were. We immortalize them as a singular image for the rest of the time."