John Waters on Divine, Drag Kings and Political Correctness

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From the king of camp 👑

has been called many things: the Prince of Puke, the People’s Pervert, the Pope of Trash. But, above all, he’s a storyteller. For nearly 60 years he’s offered a uniquely subversive form of social commentary by bulldozing through contemporary notions of American “good taste”. No other film director would devise a scene where an outrageous reprobate played by the greatest drag queen of all – Waters’ longtime collaborator Divine – eats an actual dog poo.

JW: Well, I think she would be able to get along with Serial Mom or Dawn Davenport [Divine’s character in]. I think that she would feel comfortable in my world, certainly. But she was a character that I totally made up as somebody who would be different from what political correctness is today, and different to anything my friends feel. I don’t know anyone that could hate their body as much as Marsha. Even defecation infuriates her because she didn’t get to think it up.

NL: I read an interview with a British celebrity who said she doesn’t have work done because it makes her look younger, but because it makes her look fashionable. For her, it’s a status symbol.

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