![]() ![]() I loved how the essays in Shock Value and Crackpot were funny and entertaining and disruptive as hell but with bulletproof grammar and excellent style. But his books were perhaps even more influential to me as a person who writes for a living. Triply subversive! His early, lowbrow, indie films ( Pink Flamingos, Female Trouble, Desperate Living) altered the way I viewed cinema and widened my approach to culture in general. Of course, Waters is also the underground filmmaker and champion of filth best-known for Hairspray, which was not only a crossover hit but became a Broadway smash that became an actual big-budget Hollywood movie. One of the Baltimore-based writer’s books is actually called Trash Trio and others have subtitles referring to obsessions and bad taste. Lately I’ve been catching up with the works of John Waters. ![]() When a friend recently asked me what I’ve been reading, my response was “just some trash.” And I meant it. ![]()
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