Seaweed J. Stubbs

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fictional character musical theatre character

Seaweed J. Stubbs is a charismatic African American teenager and talented dancer in the musical "Hairspray," who becomes a key ally in the fight for racial integration on a local TV dance show.

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Label Occurrences
Seaweed J. Stubbs canonical 8

Statements (41)

Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional character ⓘ
musical theatre character ⓘ
age teenager ⓘ
alignment protagonist side ⓘ
appearsIn Hairspray ⓘ
Hairspray ⓘ
surface form: Hairspray (2007 film)

Hairspray ⓘ
surface form: Hairspray (musical)
associatedWith The Corny Collins Show ⓘ
associatedWithMusicGenre R&B ⓘ
rock and roll ⓘ
countryOfFictionalSetting United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
createdFor Hairspray ⓘ
surface form: Hairspray (musical adaptation of 1988 film)
danceStyle rhythm and blues dancing ⓘ
ethnicity African American ⓘ
familyName Una Stubbs ⓘ
surface form: Stubbs
fictionalLocation Baltimore ⓘ
genre musical theatre ⓘ
givenName Sargassum ⓘ
surface form: Seaweed
hairStyle 1960s African American teen style ⓘ
hasRelative Motormouth Maybelle ⓘ
hasRomanticPartner Penny Pingleton ⓘ
helpsCharacter Penny Pingleton ⓘ
Tracy Turnblad ⓘ
involvedIn racial integration of a local TV dance show ⓘ
languageOfWork English ⓘ
medium film ⓘ
stage ⓘ
narrativeFunction supports desegregation of television ⓘ
notableCharacteristic charismatic ⓘ
talented dancer ⓘ
notableScene helps rescue Penny from her mother’s house ⓘ
participates in protests for TV show integration ⓘ
occupation dancer ⓘ
portrayedBy Clarke Thorell ⓘ
Corey Reynolds ⓘ
Elijah Kelley ⓘ
relativeType son of Motormouth Maybelle ⓘ
roleInStory key ally in the fight for racial integration ⓘ
theme interracial romance ⓘ
racial integration ⓘ
timePeriod 1960s ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Hairspray → hasCharacter → Seaweed J. Stubbs ⓘ
Tracy Turnblad → friend → Seaweed J. Stubbs ⓘ
You Can’t Stop the Beat → performedByCharacter → Seaweed J. Stubbs ⓘ
Penny Pingleton → loveInterest → Seaweed J. Stubbs ⓘ
Penny Pingleton → romanticPartner → Seaweed J. Stubbs ⓘ
Motormouth Maybelle → supportsCharacter → Seaweed J. Stubbs ⓘ
Velma Von Tussle → enemyOf → Seaweed J. Stubbs ⓘ
Without Love → performerInStory → Seaweed J. Stubbs ⓘ