“Two men are singing love songs to each other in grade school during that musical right now.
“In a way, it’s much more perverse than Pink Flamingos because it snuck into middle America,” says Waters, who was surprised when his original film was given a PG rating.
In 2002 it was adapted into a hit Broadway musical which in turn was made into a movie starring John Travolta as Turnblad’s mother, a role originated by Divine.
The film starred a young Ricki Lake as teenage dancer Tracy Turnblad, who uses local TV fame to protest racial segregation. With a string of cult favourites including 1974’s Female Trouble and 1981’s Polyester under his belt, Waters made his commercial breakthrough in 1988 with Hairspray.
“But a great compliment.”Īccess unlimited streaming of movies and TV shows with Amazon Prime Video Sign up now for a 30-day free trial Sign up “An irony on top of all ironies,” says Waters. Even more remarkably, last year Pink Flamingos was selected for preservation by the Library of Congress as being “culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant”. In a sign that respectability has come for Waters whether he likes it or not, the film will soon mark its 50th anniversary by being re-released with new bonus extras as part of the prestigious Criterion Collection. Christened “The Pope of Trash” by Naked Lunch author William Burroughs, Waters made his name in the early Seventies with exuberantly transgressive independent films like 1972’s Pink Flamingos, a depraved tale of incest and underground baby mills starring drag queen Divine as a criminal living under the name Babs Johnson and dubbed “the filthiest person alive”. Respectability has never been high on Waters’ agenda. They said: ‘You can’t say that!’ But it’s just too hard for me not to, because you’re supposed to give such a respectable answer and I’m tired of being respectably gay.”
“I told my office I was going to say that. He interrupts himself with a knowing laugh. “I’m just gonna blow as many people as possible,” the cult filmmaker, stand-up and newly-minted novelist tells me, audibly smirking. 84k videosSissies 434k videosSkinny 156k videosSmoking 26k videosSmothering 1.4m videosSolo 182k videosSpanking 256k videosSpycam 612k videosSquirting 544k videosStockings 461k videosStraight Guys 498k videosStriptease 256k videosStuds 352k videosSwallowing 8m videosTeens 1.3m videosThreesome 175k videosThreesomes 26k videosTitjob 2.3m videosTwinks 15k videosTwins 151k videosUniform 170k videosUniforms 111k videosUpskirts 183k videosVintage 415k videosVoyeur 1.It’s the first day of Pride Month when I reach John Waters by phone at his summer home in Provincetown, Massachusetts, so it feels remiss not to ask the 76-year-old how he plans to celebrate. 635k videosHairy 1m videosHandjob 6m videosHardcore 209k videosHentai 621k videosHuge Cocks 16k videosIncest 1.3m videosInterracial 1m videosJapanese 3.1m videosJerking Off 1.1m videosLatina 227k videosLatino 2.1m videosLesbian 469k videosLingerie 2.9m videosMasturbation 1.3m videosMatures 2.6m videosMILFs 548k videosMuscled Guys 291k videosOil 501k videosOrgy 759k videosOutdoor 148k videosPantyhose 43k videosPoint of View 1.3m videosPornstars 1.6m videosPOV 88k videosPregnant 945k videosPublic 302k videosPussylicking 741k videosRedhead 13k videosRedheads 325k videosRubbing 1.2m videosSex Toys 119k videosShemales and Gi. 29k videosAlt 8m videosAmateur 1.3m videosAmateurs 3.4m videosAnal 2.1m videosAsian 503k videosAss-Butts 1k videosAssjob 139k videosAsslicking 582k videosBarebacking 761k videosBBW 635k videosBDSM 172k videosBears 109k videosBikini 88k videosBisexuals 64k videosBizarre 3.3m videosBlondes 6.4m videosBlowjob 977k videosBlowjobs 3.3m videosBrunettes 192k videosBukkake 3.4m videosBusty 17k videosCameltoe 104k videosCartoons 137k videosCelebrities 421k videosClose-ups 10k videosCompilations 833k videosCreampie 2.3m videosCumshots 264k videosDads 534k videosDeepthroat 1.1m videosDoggystyle 346k videosDomination 211k videosDP 41k videosDrunk 1.9m videosEbony 599k videosEmo 1.2m videosFacials 29k videosFeature 308k videosFemdom 1.4m videosFetish 1.3m videosFingering 293k videosFisting 170k videosFoot fetish 154k videosFootjob 119k videosFoursome 5k videosFutanari 542k videosGangbang 115k videosGlory hole 43k videosGloryholes 66k videosGonzo 230k videosGrannies 789k videosGroup sex 88k videosGuys Fucking Sh.