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I have been meaning to respond on the spin-off discussion about, John Waters. It is abit misleading to label him as a love'em or hate'em director, but there is some truth to that statement.
He has such a wide range of movies through out his career & that makes it hard to pick a John Waters film that would be a great introduction to someone who isn't familiar with his work. This is especially true when you talk to people who have seen only one of the 'Trash Trilogy' movies & I say only one because anyone who was revolted by 'Pink Flamingo' aren't going to give him a second chance by watching 'Female Troubles' or 'Desperate Living.'
You could try 'Hairspray' 'Cry-Baby' 'Serial Mom' or even 'Pecker' but then you turn off those who have a vulgar sense of humor. So the closest thing to a middle ground with Waters would be, 'Cecil B. Demented' but, I didn't enjoy it as much as other people.
Another thing about Waters is, there are alot of movies where he was a major part in the creation by writing the script or casting & even directing that he has done under a pseudonym since they are the type of projects you would never guess that John Waters was instrumental in creating, but if his name was associated with such a movie they would assume it is another in his own words,"Exercise in poor taste." Usually he will use an alliterated name just like he uses when he names his characters, so that is the only real hint you get when you are trying to discover which movies he has done under a pseudonym.
The only movie that I know he has been apart of without using his real name 'The Little Mermaid' believe it or not. He was instrumental in coming up with the concept of Ursula who was inspired by Divine. He is the one who conceived Flotsam & Jetsam & though this is only a rumor, it is believed that he was the co-writer of the script along with with Roger Allers, because Waters is a huge fan on Hans Christian Andersen & owns several first editions installments of his fairy tales.
Anyways, back to work. Everyone has a good day.
He has such a wide range of movies through out his career & that makes it hard to pick a John Waters film that would be a great introduction to someone who isn't familiar with his work. This is especially true when you talk to people who have seen only one of the 'Trash Trilogy' movies & I say only one because anyone who was revolted by 'Pink Flamingo' aren't going to give him a second chance by watching 'Female Troubles' or 'Desperate Living.'
You could try 'Hairspray' 'Cry-Baby' 'Serial Mom' or even 'Pecker' but then you turn off those who have a vulgar sense of humor. So the closest thing to a middle ground with Waters would be, 'Cecil B. Demented' but, I didn't enjoy it as much as other people.
Another thing about Waters is, there are alot of movies where he was a major part in the creation by writing the script or casting & even directing that he has done under a pseudonym since they are the type of projects you would never guess that John Waters was instrumental in creating, but if his name was associated with such a movie they would assume it is another in his own words,"Exercise in poor taste." Usually he will use an alliterated name just like he uses when he names his characters, so that is the only real hint you get when you are trying to discover which movies he has done under a pseudonym.
The only movie that I know he has been apart of without using his real name 'The Little Mermaid' believe it or not. He was instrumental in coming up with the concept of Ursula who was inspired by Divine. He is the one who conceived Flotsam & Jetsam & though this is only a rumor, it is believed that he was the co-writer of the script along with with Roger Allers, because Waters is a huge fan on Hans Christian Andersen & owns several first editions installments of his fairy tales.
Anyways, back to work. Everyone has a good day.
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