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John Waters "always made fun of [his] culture" with his movies. The 78-year-old director and screenwriter made his name with underground cult films in the 1970s before finding further success with the 1980s films 'Hairspray' - which featured drag queen Divine and made a star out of famed talk show host Ricki Lake in the years before it was adapted into a record-breaking Broadway musical - as well as 'Cry-Baby' and admitted that his work was always meant to be a parody of the world around him. He told Flickering Myth: "What we did was make fun of the rules outsiders lived by. Divine was thought...
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John Waters "doesn't understand" why 'Hairspray' was a hit over some of his other films. The 77-year-old filmmaker wrote and directed the 1988 cult hit - which starred Ricki Lake as an overweight teenager who tackles racism after finding fame on a local dance show - and whilst it was a success at the box office, some of his other movies like 'A Dirty Shame' were not despite his insistence that they have the "same message" in their stories. He told MovieWeb: "I'm amazed all my films aren't hits! I don't get why 'Hairspray' was a hit but 'A Dirty Shame' wasn't. I mean, people can argue that poin...
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John Waters thinks mainstream Hollywood films are just as shocking as his gross-out cult classics. The groundbreaking 77-year-old director made his name with the 1972 black comedy ‘Pink Flamingos’ that famously featured the late drag queen Divine eating real dog faeces. He told Variety about how he believes even mainstream Hollywood films have become as shocking as his old work: “That was stunt work! Eating s*** was the ultimate stunt work. It was about showing things that Hollywood wouldn’t show, and that’s no longer the case. “Now they’ll show anything. Even Steven Spielberg. The opening of ...
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The iconic and transgressive indie filmmaker John Waters is making his return to directing after nearly 20 years since his last film A Dirty Shame released in 2004. Waters, known for films like Hairspray and Pink Flamingos, has been working in many areas including acting, writing, commentary and even touring some live shows. He will write and direct the adaptation of Liarmouth: A Feel Bad Romance, which is set in his hometown of Baltimore and stars a woman Marhsa Sprinkle who is described like this in the book’s retail description: “Suitcase thief. Scammer. Master of disguise. Dogs and childre...
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