Pink Flamingos

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This is the movie that made John Waters famous, and quite possibly the film that made bad taste cool. Yes, Virginia, a large transvestite actually eats dog feces as a kind of dizzying denouement to this frequently illogical and intentionally disgusting movie, but by the time that happens, you're already numb ... and you've possibly laughed to the point of losing bladder control.

The plot revolves around two vile families laying claim to the title "The Filthiest People Alive." You've got pregnant women in pits, you've got grown men getting sexual satisfaction from chickens, you've got people licking furniture to perform trailer-park voodoo, and you've got classic lines like: "Oh my God! The couch ... it ... it rejected you!"

Waters, who went on to direct genuine pop-culture classics such as Hairspray and Serial Mom, made this celluloid sideshow with one aim--to make a name for himself. It worked. He does have a genuine eye for filmmaking (when the trailer burns down, you feel the white heat of Divine's pain and anger). On the other hand, you won't notice any disclaimers about stunt doubles and animals not being mistreated. There weren't, and they were. Welcome to the filthiest film in the world. --Grant Balfour

Customer Reviews:

dont take yourself too serius.......2007-08-29

If you dont take yourself too serius you will like this pice of trash film. I personaly love it, its funny in a very sick way (defenetly not for kids!!). Enjoy.

Blech!.......2007-08-07

This is one of John Water's earlier attempts, and he must have been smoking some really bad weed when he directed this one. The acting was terrible, and the dialogue was boring. Disappointing.

A brilliant movie made by a homosexual. .......2007-08-04

Okay everyone. Now your's truly has heard quite a bit about this movie. As a matter of fact A&E was doing a special about cult movies, which as you know are a favorite of mine, as this was featured briefly. It showed them running around and licking the furniture. I thought it looked really good. So I just got it in the mail today and am going to a do a first time watch review type thing because I will write my feelings about it as I watch it for the very first time. Now this movie is made by this John Waters guy and apparently he has never made a good movie. Here is is resume:

A Dirty Shame NC-17 Version / Desperate Living / Female Trouble / Hairspray / Pecker / Pink Flamingos / Polyester

Do any of these movie sound any good? Nope. But, I have high hopes for this one and without further ado:

Lights, Action, Camera!!

Yuck there's some white junk on this disc. I'll just have to wipe it off and try again. Ok

Lights, Action, Camera!!

Ok there's this little motor home and some cool rockabilly music. So far so good. Also looks 16mm, I love 16mm. Every cult movie should be shot in it. Okay this is a long opening credits sequence. Get on with the show already. Okay so this older fat women lives in a crib for some reason and this fat women is her daughter. Now there's this really boring job interview going on. It is really dragging on. AWESOME! They are using some cool filthy language. I usually don't get to hear naughty language this colorful. Usually just the F-bomb over and over. Most of this movie so far has revolved around eggs.

Oh cool they are getting into a Cadillac Coup de ville. '50...'59 I think. Well, there is a dungeon now and this gay guy picks up this baby they call noodles. The gay guy gets in a slap fight with this woman. Yours truly is kind of bored. Cult movies usually have cool stuff going on by now. Like Forbidden Zone! Now that movie had all kinds of crazy stuff happening! Do you guys mind if I fastforward? I can't? Ok, I'll try this a little longer. They are playing 50's beebop so I guess I can take this. No I take it back, The Patriarch is just getting depressed now. Now there's a guy with blue hair and... he has a sausage tied to his penis. Oh this is wonderful. This is a great movie. Luckily I, as you know, have built up an immunity to the older bad movies. I still have to practice with the newer ones though.

Alright I've got to pick up my Nintendo DS and play it while I watch this because I don't want to waste all my time. You know what, I can actually smell this movie. And it smells like garbage. Week old garbage. I'm walking around killing people now. OH not in real life. I'm talking about in the video game I'm playing. On the movie...you are not going to believe this.

This ratty looking guy is having sex with a women and some chickens. You read that right. These are real live chickens and he is whipping them around and shoving them into the women's crotch. There is blood and feathers all over the place. The chicken is like squished now because he's having sex with it and shoving it into the woman. These are real chickens mind you.

Okay now there's this egg man and I guess we're back to the boring part. Well, even the chicken-sex scene was boring actually. Okay back to my game. Oh this is disgusting. This gross gay guy now is nude and is jacking off. And he is sick looking. A woman next to his just thrown up. And now there's some more sex. The guy with blue hair and a red head. Hey the women put on men's tighty-whities for some reason.

Hey everyone, nothing new has happened except for a lot of boring dialog. Okay so the fat women opens up this package and there is excrement in it. Yeah that's what this movie is. And I was eating Mike & Ikes at the time. Yuck. The gay guy is now dressed as the redhead and they are just blabbing on. I'm almost at the 1 hour point and there is nothing worth watching so far. I think this movie should be banned in all countries. The only problem is there are so many copies of it we'd never really get rid of it! You know, if there were at least some hot nude women, this movie would be worth be watching. But there is only disgusting nude women. And disgusting nude men too, I mean right now there is a disgusting nude man and he is doing things with his A-hole. I'm not kidding. Now at this same party they have killed some cops and are eating the flesh like in Night of the Living Dead. No, that was a good movie. This is just horrible.

I'm going to fastforward now, I'm sorry I've got better things to do. This just sucks. I finally saw what I thought was a hot nude woman only she lifted up her skirt and she had a penis. Who would make a movie like this and why? It had to be made by a gay guy. Okay now is the part where they lick the furniture. Now the women is going down on her son. Nothing new for this piece of garbage. They're burning down the mobile home now. And now there is a mock-trial taking place. I admit this is the only and I mean ONLY thing I have found entertaining about this movie. It's kind of funny I guess. I'm starting to get really happy, because the end is in sight. But the movie wouldn't be complete without a special goodbye. The fat women eats dog excrement. Right there on the screen. The movie is finally over. Oh what's this? John Waters! The disgusting man that made this movie and yes, he is gay. You can easily tell. Only a gay guy would make garbage like this. So I'm glad this movie is on DVD I want everyone to see the garbage that gay people make.

You know what. First, I'd like to apologize to my fans for reviewing this movie. I had no idea what I was getting into. But perhaps some of you were thinking of watching this movie. So in a way, I took the fall for you. Please never watch this movie.

Great, Classic movie..........2007-07-18

I've been meaning to purchase this DVD for a while now but never got around to it. Once I saw it on Amazon, I was able to purchase and have it at home within a week and a half.

The movie is absolutely hysterical and everything that is John Waters. Definately one of my all-time favorite movies but not for the faint of heart. If you can stand grotesque humor...this movie is for you!

One of the greatest movies ever made!!!.......2007-05-07

If you enjoy great movies, like Kane, Sound of Music, you're sure to enjoy this classic by Waters. A masterpiece of filth.

John Waters Collection (A Dirty Shame NC-17 Version / Desperate Living / Female Trouble / Hairspray / Pecker / Pink Flamingos / Polyester)

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Close to perfect...
Good little collection......
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Not bad, but not great.

John Waters Collection (A Dirty Shame NC-17 Version / Desperate Living / Female Trouble / Hairspray / Pecker / Pink Flamingos / Polyester)
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ASIN: B000929UPA
Release Date: 2005-06-14

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All new John Waters Gift Set that includes: A Dirty Shame, Desperate Living, Female Trouble, Hairspray, Pecker, Pink Flamingos, Polyester and a bonus disc of extras!

Customer Reviews:

john waters collection (dvd box set).......2007-07-20

If you are a fan of John Water all these titles are already in your heavy play rotation at home. The nice addition isthe John Waters scrapbook. This was only available previously if one had purchased 3 various double feature dvd packs and sent in proof of purchase from each. Movies John shot as a child are featured along with many other historical features. I was a bid saddened that Cecil B. Demented or Serial Mom did not end up in this collection to really fill out the last few decades of John's work. I still wonder why Serial Mom was never given a quality DVD release. That being said, at least Desperate Living is included so as to freak the bejesus out of the folks who only will have seen Hairspray-The Musical prior to deciding to buy this box set.

Close to perfect..........2007-05-04

John Waters has been an inspiration, a guide in good (bad) taste and a personal hero since I was 13. 24 years later nothing has changed and this DVD box-set was a joy. It's like being shot in the head by your favourite member of the Manson Family or joining a sickening cult who relentlessly coerce you into getting a life.

I'm biased of course. I think John Water's movies should be obligatory by law. However I do have some questions...like where the hell is Multiple Maniacs and why has Serial Mom been omitted from the list?

What you DO get are classics like Pink Flamingos in which the protagonists struggle to prove themselves to be the filthiest people alive, while Desperate Living has the greatest Backwards Day scene ever filmed while hippies blasted on LSD shove babies into refrigerators. Also you get Female Trouble which is simply Divine's unquestionable masterpiece, while Pecker is just sublime and counts as the most loving tribute to a camera yet put on celluloid. All in all this cannot be missed but where the hell have Cry Baby and all the others got to?

The most series overlook is Multiple Maniacs and I'm still stuck without David Lochary as Mr David. I only have my VHS copy and the tape is wearing out. Please release it on a shiny plastic disk before I do something drastic and saw off my own face.

As Water's commented in Crackpot...much of what counted as showmanship in cinema is now dead. Thank god there is then a record of a man possessed of that vision who (unlike the infamous Jim Rose who once threatened to kill me when I compared his freak show with Water's visionary work) has an eye on the truly depraved. As always that's where the action is and there is no competing with it. A whole truckload of Quentin Tarantino's with their boring, tame, saleable zeitgeist crap have missed the bus. Perhaps you'll be on it with them heading to Retardsville instead of moving here?

I bought this with a Date With John Waters on CD. Great double pick. Still I'm missing the armpit licking and Divine's blasphemous unholy vision.

Water's really is The Pope Of Trash and this box-set will at least partially prove it. It makes me want to hit the banned-list and invite over a few nuns.

2000 out of 10.

Good little collection.............2007-02-26

I sometimes wonder if John Waters should've released two boxed sets. One containing the films prior to Hairspray and one after Hairspray, because it seems that the feel and focus of the films changed with that movie. Besides, that would make for a truly complete collection. However, I still enjoyed the box set. Some films I liked better than others obviously..... Personally, I enjoyed Water's newer films more than some of the old ones. Pink Flamingoes is still great, but some of the older flicks such as Female Trouble and Polyester seemed a bit boring to tell the truth. I highly enjoyed Pecker and A Dirty Shame. All in all, its a decent set. And the extra scrapbook disc adds some extras for die-hards to surf through.

john waters box set.......2007-01-12

this is a must have for any waters fan. the box set "very crudely yours" lives up to it's name.

Not bad, but not great........2006-11-03

The older films were a bit rough, as would be expected. Much of the acting is just awful, but that is the charm of the movies in some respects. I am glad that I got this set, but would hesitate to recommend it.

John Waters Collection #3: Pink Flamingos/ Female Trouble

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I Told YOU CHACHA HEELS-BLACK ONES!!!!!
It's good to get dirty.
you MUST have an open mind....and I mean really open...
"Oh my God Almighty--someone has sent me a bowel movement!"
John Waters at His Shocking Best

John Waters Collection #3: Pink Flamingos/ Female Trouble
Starring: Nancy Crystal , Divine , Pat Lefaiver , David Lochary , and Edith Massey
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Release Date: 2001-10-02

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Pink Flamingos This is the movie that made John Waters famous, and quite possibly the film that made bad taste cool. Yes, Virginia, a large transvestite actually eats dog feces as a kind of dizzying denouement to this frequently illogical and intentionally disgusting movie, but by the time that happens, you're already numb... and you've possibly laughed to the point of losing bladder control. The plot revolves around two vile families laying claim to the title "The Filthiest People Alive." You've got pregnant women in pits, you've got grown men getting sexual satisfaction from chickens, you've got people licking furniture to perform trailer-park voodoo, and you've got classic lines like: "Oh my God! The couch... it... it rejected you!"

Female Trouble John Waters expands the definition of female trouble in this mutant tribute to good-girl-gone-bad drive-in melodramas. The girl is, of course, cross-dressing cult icon Divine, Waters's plus-sized muse. Divine is at her most gleefully outrageous as teenage brat Dawn Davenport, who runs away from home and into a life of wanton hedonism all because she didn't get cha-cha heels for Christmas. Almost immediately she's molested by a sleazy motorcycle thug (also played by Divine--is this Waters's idea of "love thyself"?), but she doesn't let motherhood interfere with her plans of stardom and turns herself into an unlikely fashion statement in an apocalyptic fashion show. Waters's fourth feature, a follow-up to the midnight movie hit Pink Flamingos, is just as cinematically primitive and even more gleefully vulgar, right down to the electric climax of Dawn's road to everlasting fame.

The DVD also features a commentary track by the always-entertaining John Waters. --Sean Axmaker

Customer Reviews:

I Told YOU CHACHA HEELS-BLACK ONES!!!!!.......2004-07-15

I was introduced to John Waters during my first year at NMSU and was immediately addicted to everything Divine and John Waters! to think this stuff was allowed to make it on film during the 1970's is quite something. John Waters loves to push the envelope and not take himeslf seriously at all. This is what makes his films so insane, delicious, campy and without a doubt NUTS! Pink Flamigos is that wild tale of The Filthiest People Alive and the lives of thos who hate them with a burning jealousy. Divine stars as well, Divine the undisputed queen of all this filth since this is her title and motto. She lives in a trailer home with her retarded mother, Crackers her insane son,and Cotton the traveling blonde companion. They live blissfully together until 2 jalous perverts, Raymond and Connie Marble attempt to steal that title away. Well, this only gets worse and the end result is a totally gross out battle, a disgusting party, a burning trailer, lesbian couples seeking children to adopt and so many insane events to mention. The next film featured here is Female Trouble with Divine as Dawn Davenport, Cookie Muller, Edith Massey,Mink Stole, and the late David Lochary. The premise is not as stomach churning as the PF however, it does have its revolting moments. The story centers on a teenage Dawn Davenport who is upset when her parents failed to give her those much desire cha cha heels for XMAS!!!! As a runaway teen she has no recourse to end up pregnant (with Mink Stole as Taffy)and winding up marrying a heterosexual hairdresser from the Le Lipstick Beauty Salon where she meets the notorios owners, Mr. and Mrs. Dasher!!! these two are hell bent on getting Dawn involved in a life of crime. What is so amazing here is the imagination that it took to dream up such weird and insane stories. There never is a dull moment here folks. But I do promise that you will feel paralyzed by Joh Waters and his legendary cast of Dreamland players. This is the stuff that would wind up on tabloids and really freak you out. This is another must have in your trash cinema collection

It's good to get dirty........2004-07-14

These are the dirtiest... and perhaps the funniest films ever made. I first saw Pink Flamingos when I was 14 (!) and I loved it. Female Trouble is the better movie when it comes to storylines, but the outrageousness of Pink Flamingos is unforgettable. Divine's performances are terrible, yet terrific. John Waters really knew what he was doing when it came to these two cinema classics!

you MUST have an open mind....and I mean really open..........2004-01-05

I have yet to understand why Pink Flamingos is probably one of the most popular films of Mr. Waters. Personally, I do not like Pink Flamingos, but I do like Female Trouble (minus the ending-that was just stupid). I would definitely buy the Hairspray/Pecker combo over this one. It's much more enjoyable.

"Oh my God Almighty--someone has sent me a bowel movement!".......2003-12-09

...and that's just one of several dozen memorable lines to be found on these two remastered DVD's from New Line Cinema, who boast on the cover that "we are proud to recycle our trash". And believe me, trash doesn't get any better than this. Though these films are not pristine due to the source material, they have never looked better. The only complaint I can offer is that in several places the subtitles are incorrect on "Female Trouble". Just before we see Aunt Ida and Gator, Dawn says "I wonder if he's a chubby chaser" and the on screen title reads "I wonder if he's a shelley chaser (Huh?). Then, right before Dawn hacks off Aunt Ida's hand, she says "Ida Nelson, I'm gonna chop off your scrawny little paw!" and the subtitle reads "I've had enough, I'm gonna chop off your scrawny little paw". But that's nitpicking--I only had the subtitles on during the time that I was watching the director's commentary on both movies, which were almost as enjoyable as the films themselves. For the poor deprived person who has never had the pleasure of viewing these before, my opinion would be that although "Trouble" starts off a much funnier film, it loses momentum once the "crime is beauty" theory is introduced, which is too bad since the first half hour is brilliantly sick and perverse. "Flamingos" is more consistent, with Mink Stole's "interview" scene at the beginning being a definite highlight. She is very underrated as an actress. If you are looking for camp humor and some harmless sleaze, this double DVD set will perfectly fit the bill and once you have this in your DVD collection you no need longer be a "jealous pervert".

John Waters at His Shocking Best.......2003-12-06

As an opening disclaimer, if you are a big fan of "Hairspray" (in either ints movie or musical form), these films are not necessarily for you. Even after the films of the Farrelly Brothers, MTV's "Jackass," and countless other bits of media that suggest the fall of Western Civilization, "Pink Flamingos" and "Female Trouble" remain the crowning gems of shock cinema. These films have not only crossed the line of good taste; they've taken a paid vacation to a tropical island that sits 3,000 miles past the line.

"Pink Flamingos" is the generally recognized classic. The film features infamous scenes of feces eating, meat smuggling, and singing rectums among its accomplishments of sleeze. Amazing, there is still a plot that involves two families vying to earn the title of "the filthiest people alive." What makes the movie work amidst its vile setpieces is the sense of fun behind it all, and the strangest delivery of some of the stranges lines ever.

"Female Trouble" is even better. The convoluted but followable story revolves around Dawn Davenport and her lifelong attempts to become notorious, culminating in her completely insane presentation of murder as art. All of Waters' regulars appear once again, and the film trumps the disgustingness of "Pink Flamingos" (even if it has nothing quite as vomit inducing as eating dog poo).

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You may have heard of the artists Christo and Jeanne-Claude, but if not, perhaps you remember the wrapped Reichstag in Germany, the 1,600 yellow umbrellas dotting the California mountainside, or, the islands off of Miami surrounded with flamingo pink floating fabric. The artists finally realized their 19th project: The Gates in Central Park, New York City. Nightline has followed the artists and watched the logistics of the massive project progress over the nine months.

John Waters Collection (Hairspray / Pecker / Polyester / Desperate Living / Pink Flamingos / Female Trouble)

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Hey C. Lander, go to hell
Ban John waters?
There are two types of people in the world
Trashy Genius
John Water's Films Helped Me Survive My Youth

John Waters Collection (Hairspray / Pecker / Polyester / Desperate Living / Pink Flamingos / Female Trouble)
Starring: John Waters
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Release Date: 2003-05-13

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Director John Waters breaks new boundaries of bad taste with the six-film John Waters Collection. Waters actually made his bid for PG respectability with Hairspray, an enjoyably trashy comedy about the racial integration of a teen dance show on Baltimore television in the early '60s. Waters, as always, makes a virtue of junk culture and the powerful emotional forces it can represent as kids vie to get on the show. Meanwhile, a parade of former stars (Pia Zadora, Debbie Harry, Sonny Bono) and pseudostars (Divine, Ricki Lake) cross the screen, playing freakish characters absorbed by thoughts of fame.

Pecker (Edward Furlong) loves to use the camera to capture his fellow Baltimore residents living their daily lives. Of course, since Pecker is a Waters movie, those daily lives include visits to strip bars, shoplifting, and various other quirky, and frequently hilarious, human activities. When Pecker's makeshift photo exhibit comes to the attention of a New York art agent (Lili Taylor), Pecker becomes the latest sensation. Pecker has something to offend just about everyone. But those who take the offenses to heart would be missing out on what amounts to a sweet-natured farce.

In Waters's hilariously trashy tale of suburban misadventure Polyester, his favorite leading lady, transvestite Divine, plays Francine Fishpaw, a dissatisfied suburban housefrau who longs for a little romance in her life because her husband and children drive her crazy. Salvation arrives in the form of Tod Tomorrow (Tab Hunter), a drive-in owner who sweeps Francine off her feet (a mean task, given Divine's girth). But he's not all he's cracked up to be.

Everyone in Desperate Living's Mortville has some horrible secret to hide. The mentally unstable Peggy Gravel (Mink Stole, in a superb display of overacting) and her 300-pound-plus maid Grizelda must take it on the lam after Grizelda smothers Peggy's husband under her elephantine buttocks. They find themselves in Mortville, a shanty fiefdom ruled by the grotesque Queen Carlotta (the incomparable Edith Massey). The evil queen delights in tormenting her subjects, but Peggy and Grizelda soon team up with a pair of lesbian outcasts, and a rebellion is in the air. Notable for the absence of Waters regular Divine, this movie pushes the rest of the cast to their over-the-top best. Nasty, shabby, gross, and hilarious, this is John Waters at his best.

Pink Flamingos is the movie that made Waters famous, and quite possibly the film that made bad taste cool. The plot revolves around two vile families laying claim to the title "The Filthiest People Alive." You've got pregnant women in pits, you've got grown men getting sexual satisfaction from chickens, you've got people licking furniture to perform trailer-park voodoo, and you've got classic lines like: "Oh my God! The couch ... it ... it rejected you!" Waters made this celluloid sideshow with one aim--to make a name for himself. It worked.

In Female Trouble, cross-dressing cult icon Divine is at her most gleefully outrageous as teenage brat Dawn Davenport, who runs away from home and into a life of wanton hedonism all because she didn't get cha-cha heels for Christmas. Almost immediately she's molested by a sleazy motorcycle thug (also played by Divine), but she doesn't let motherhood interfere with her plans of stardom and turns herself into an unlikely fashion statement in an apocalyptic fashion show. Waters's fourth feature is just as cinematically primitive and even more gleefully vulgar, right down to the electric climax of Dawn's road to everlasting fame.

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7 DVD gift set contains 6 classic John Waters films plus a bonus DVD with extra features including interviews, deleted scenes and outakes.

Customer Reviews:

Hey C. Lander, go to hell.......2005-04-11

Hey C. Lander, f*** you. John Waters movies SUCK (except Hairspray and Pecker) and Steven Spielberg has a quadrillion times more talent than John Waters.

Ban John waters?.......2004-08-06

Lol One of the reviews blasting waters names Steven Spielberg as one of the greatest directors of all time. Spielbergs movies are all over budgeted crapfests for christian Familys who live in the suburbs. Waters is daring,original and has far more talent than that hack spielberg. Ban movies like Jurassic park instead.

There are two types of people in the world.......2004-06-22

People who like John Waters's movies, and @$$holes. (Note for the humour-impaired: go to dictionary.com and look up the word "joke" - you'll find life easier afterwards.)

This set is remarkable. Not only do we get John's five best movies and Pecker, complete with the maestro's side-splitting commentary tracks, but we get a bonus DVD with all kinds of treasures: clips from unfinished movies, interviews old & new, and assorted relevant weirdness.

If you get John Waters, you need this set. If you don't, well there's plenty of other junk out there.

Trashy Genius.......2004-03-14

John Waters has spent the past 40 years teaching us all the true meaning of filthiness. Finally, New Line Home Cinema has digitalized the biggest of his films. More important still, classics like Pink Flamingos, Female Trouble, and Desperate Living are all presented in their entirety (sorry Jack).

The DVDs are beautiful. The commentaries are hilarious. The frames have never been so offensive. As an added bonus, the new 32mm prints are circulating among local (local as in your nearest big city local) theatres for midnite runs. Who'd of guessed?

If you are a new fan, aka Hairspray on Broadway, then perhaps you'd be best renting them first... though you won't find them at Blockbuster. Otherwise, you know what you're in for... buy them already!

John Water's Films Helped Me Survive My Youth.......2004-02-19

As a young teen, I was raised in a terrible town that was obsessed with sports. No efforts were truly put into giving the children culture. If you were a young male, you either played sports or you were odd. I was odd. I was more interested in painting and music. I had to 'culture' myself. I would get on the bus and go to the city to see architecture, museums, plays, and concerts. Usually by myself. This is around the time I discovered the films of Divine. Here was an outrageous figure not afraid to be himself. Surrounded by an entire group of outcasts and misfits. I almost felt like part of the Dreamlanders (the name given to this group of people). I sought out anything by Divine or John Waters that I could get my hands on. That is how I discovered all of these films.
Watching these films helped me to realize there was an entire world outside of my dreary town and its dreary residents.
And the world was filled with all kinds of wonderful, artistic and bizaare people (who actually made me look dull and normal).
Say what you will about Divine and John Waters. But they really helped me survive my youth.
Now as for this box set. You cannot beat this deal. You get the best of John Waters all in one set. If you bought these films separately, you would pay a lot more than this price.

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