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Here's the trailer for a title John Waters calls "the funniest, most heartbreaking yet powerful book I've read in a long time":
USATODAY.com News 2011
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Hearing the name John Waters, you should already expect this list to be quite eccentric, and that's exactly why I'm featuring it.
Director John Waters' Funky Picks for the Best Films of 2009 « FirstShowing.net 2009
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However, to paraphrase John Waters, I felt like a black watching a minstrel show.
PopMatters Brian Holler 2010
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But the book's broad scope adds to its charm: obvious picks such as John Waters '"Pink Flamingos" and David Lynch's "Eraserhead" are featured alongside such lesser-known films as "The Space Children," a sci-fi flick from 1958.
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Pardon the scatological nature again, but a number of Western humorists, such as John Waters and Steve Coogan, have exploited the near-identical pronunciation of "our souls" and "arseholes" for satirical effect that many listeners never noticed.
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"It was complete sexual anarchy," says filmmaker John Waters.
Bill Bush: When the World Was Small and Man Knew His Place in It: This Artweek.LA (May 30 - June 5) Bill Bush 2011
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The Scala's catholic mix of high art and low trash is represented by a wealth of titles, but few wave the flag as boldly as John Waters's Female Trouble pictured or Curt McDowell's Thundercrack, still shocking after 36 years.
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Using characters from contemporary and classic television, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, and The Lone Ranger and Tonto, along with John Waters, Divine, Gorgeous George the wrestler, and a cast of others, the works address the outrageous, the stereotype, the forbidden and the unspoken.
Bill Bush: Lucky Little Ladies in The City of Light: This Artweek.LA (November 7-13, 2011) Bill Bush 2011
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Beginning in 1988, when Hairspray hit the silver screen, the John Waters tale of a politically active fat girl winning her high school's dance contest helped audiences to see past their prejudices.
George Heymont: New Stars Are Born George Heymont 2011
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"It was complete sexual anarchy," says filmmaker John Waters.
Bill Bush: When the World Was Small and Man Knew His Place in It: This Artweek.LA (May 30 - June 5) Bill Bush 2011
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