And also why do you like it, what is it saying?
I’m trying not to think about reality and want to hear about the far edges of people’s moral horizons.
And also why do you like it, what is it saying?
I’m trying not to think about reality and want to hear about the far edges of people’s moral horizons.
John Waters. His films are transgressive, tasteless, and trashy for the purpose of being transgressive, tasteless, and trashy. You have a movie in 1970 (Multiple Maniacs) where a drag queen, Lady Divine, gets a lesbian “rosary-job” intercut with scenes of the stations of the cross. Among many other things, Divine is raped by a giant fake lobster and eventually killed by the national guard to “America the Beautiful.” It’s a massive middle finger to everything sacred; the necessary profane.
Alvin, of Chipmunks fame, also appreciates John Waters.
missed this before i wrote my own reply. yeah john waters in general is fucking great. there’s a line early in his book ‘shock value’ that’s something like ‘to appreciate bad taste you must have extremely good taste’ and i can take some comfort in that
edit: i dug the book out. the actual quote is ‘to understand bad taste one must have very good taste’
Perfect, thank you!
aaayyyy I know of Divine. interesting cultural footprint, In Praise of Shadows did a cool media retrospective about Waters