PINK FLAMINGOS / John Waters (1972)

July 15th, 2007 by Scott Marks

PINK FLAMINGOS (1972)

Directed by: John Waters

Written by: John Waters

Genres: Comedy, Crime, Horror

Cast: Divine, David Lochary, Mary Vivian Pearce, Mink Stole, Danny Mills, Miss Edith Massey, Channing Wilroy, Cookie Mueller, Paul Swift, Susan Walsh, Linda Olgeirson, Pat Moran, Jack Walsh, Bob Skidmore, Pat Lefaiver

Aspect Ratio: 1.37 : 1

Running Time: 108 min.

Raymond and Connie Marvel do battle with the Notorious Beauty Divine to claim the title of The Filthiest People Alive. How do you top a singing butthole, an obese, moderately retarded, underwear-clad mother living in a playpen or a 360lb. transvestite eating dog doody without a cut? You don’t! This was my Rocky Horror without the audience participation. (One may only imagine a movie theater floor covered with dead chickens, eggies, liver-coated panties and fido feces.) I was at Chicago’s Devon Theater opening night and went back every week for a year. There is nothing more satisfying than exposing this film to an unsuspecting viewer, so why not invite the unwashed over and turn your home theater into a vomitorium? It is still hard to fathom that the man who made filth fashionable went on to direct PG-13 films for Universal Studios.

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