weaselvulture

I can't believe no one will ever read this comment because I am so late at commenting.

I guess I'll just mention that this is possibly my favorite Waters film; I love the sets, I love the characters, the dialog... this could go on for a while.

Basically, Waters (along with a cast of grisly looking bums) effectively convinced me that Mortville was a REAL place, disgusting, vile, garish, scary, putrid in every sense of the word- but man, in one shot, you can glimpse the coolest umbrella I ever did see.

Also, Edie is maybe at her FUNNIEST here; she DOESN'T play some kind of retard, she plays a Queen, and she does a great job. And Cookie does a great dance routine you won't want to miss.

If you purchase this (as you SHOULD) you'd be a fool not to watch it with the commentary.

I love John Waters more than life itself... almost. But, I don't think this is his best film. It's still great, and I think the fact that Waters has done a silent (sort of) film is such a funny concept that he almost didn't even have to do it! He could have just TALKED about doing it and it would have been fine! Anyhoo, the plot and dialog are funny, and the actors are fine as usual, but I guess it just seems a little slow next to his other movies. I think the ending is HILARIOUS, though, so even if bits of it seem to drag some, it's totally worth the watch for real Waters fans.

The bottom line: -If you're not already a Waters fan, or if you are thin skinned and a definite ANTI-FAN of campy ("weird") movies, you won't like it.

-If you are already a Waters fan, or if you like campy stuff and don't mind sitting through a couple slow scenes, you will probably like it.

MOST Waters fans will think this is hilarious, though you'll meet the rogue who thinks it's in bad taste. But then, criticizing Waters for making a film in "bad taste" is like criticizing a hippie for smoking the herb: it's just what they do.

The short starts out with a creepy recording of Diane speaking at the beginning, and is repeated at the end; the picture is grainy and makes Divine look wild-eyed and insane(yes!). Divine is really, really funny, and even though David Lochary gets a little befuddled on a couple of his lines, he and Bonnie still do a fine job.

I went nuts trying to figure out how I'd see this short for a very long time. Some angel posted it on medicinefilms.com; they say they're John Waters, which makes me both skeptical and desperate.

So... go watch it and decide for yourself.