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For more than 50 years John Waters has been staging a coup against the good taste of the American public. From the ultimate gross-out in Pink Flamingos to the amazing general-audience rating of his biggest hit Hairspray, Waters has been subverting viewers' expectations with comedies that stretch past the boundaries of even today's jaded audiences.
A provocateur of bad taste in a glorious way, Waters started out as an outsider with a camera and a small circle of fellow delinquents. In tearing down icons of the silver screen, Waters would create his own that are used still by others in movies and television. And that's only part of the tale.
John Waters FAQ looks at how a nice boy from the right side of the tracks would end up becoming a demon of society and the influences that drove his ambition in moviemaking. Also featured are biographical information of the Dreamlanders -- the actors and crew members who would join Waters on his adventures in filmland over the years, including Waters's best-remembered find Divine.
Beyond chapters dedicated to the making of each of his films -- from Hag in a Black Leather Jacket to his most recent A Dirty Shame -- there are those covering his career as a writer and artist. Also reviewed are his acting career in other people's television shows and movies over the years, Water's interest in music, and projects that never were to be. John Waters FAQ covers it all in the career of a man who started out with a dream of becoming an underground filmmaker and became so much more.
A provocateur of bad taste in a glorious way, Waters started out as an outsider with a camera and a small circle of fellow delinquents. In tearing down icons of the silver screen, Waters would create his own that are used still by others in movies and television. And that's only part of the tale.
John Waters FAQ looks at how a nice boy from the right side of the tracks would end up becoming a demon of society and the influences that drove his ambition in moviemaking. Also featured are biographical information of the Dreamlanders -- the actors and crew members who would join Waters on his adventures in filmland over the years, including Waters's best-remembered find Divine.
Beyond chapters dedicated to the making of each of his films -- from Hag in a Black Leather Jacket to his most recent A Dirty Shame -- there are those covering his career as a writer and artist. Also reviewed are his acting career in other people's television shows and movies over the years, Water's interest in music, and projects that never were to be. John Waters FAQ covers it all in the career of a man who started out with a dream of becoming an underground filmmaker and became so much more.
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Table of contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1 The Filthiest Man Alive: The Evolution to Smut Peddler
- 2 Dreamlanders: The Recurring Cast and Crew of John Waters
- 3 Teach Me to Be Divine: The Short, Sweet History of Divine
- 4 If I Had to Pick One Place to Live: The Various Hometowns of John Waters
- 5 Extreme Behavior: Ten Filmmakers and Ten Movies That Influenced John Waters
- 6 Eat Your Makeup: The Short Films of John Waters
- 7 A Gutter Film: The Making of Mondo Trasho
- 8 And George Figgs as Jesus Christ: The Making of Multiple Maniacs
- 9 Like a Septic Tank Explosion: The Making of Pink Flamingos
- 10 Cha-Cha Heels: The Making of Female Trouble
- 11 Backwards Day: The Making of Desperate Living
- 12 The Wonders of Odorama: The Making of Polyester
- 13 Killing People or Eating: Working at the Patuxent Institution
- 14 How to Tease: The Making of Hairspray
- 15 Take the Kids: The Making of Cry-Baby
- 16 Fashion Has Changed: The Making of Serial Mom
- 17 Full of Grace: The Making of Pecker
- 18 DeMented Forever: The Making of Cecil B. DeMented
- 19 Let’s Go Sexing: The Making of A Dirty Shame
- 20 Nobody Would Give Me the Money: The Lost Projects
- 21 If They Don’t Have Books: Books Written by John Waters
- 22 Hardy Har: John Waters and His Artwork
- 23 Hawaiian Shirts: Actor in Films and Television
- 24 Santa Claus Is a Black Man: The Musical Collections of John Waters
- 25 A Lifetime of Penning Trashy Screenplays: The Awards of John Waters
- 26 Not the Sleaze King: Nicknames That John Waters Does Not Want on His Tombstone, and One He Does
- Bibliography