This is one of director John Waters' tamest movies (in comparision to what came before it), but it seems a natural progression. Waters is obviously more interested in telling a story here than being outrageous just to be outrageous. It's the first...
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This is one of director John Waters' tamest movies (in comparision to what came before it), but it seems a natural progression. Waters is obviously more interested in telling a story here than being outrageous just to be outrageous. It's the first of Waters' really slick movies...no one can insult his technical skills anymore. But, there's plenty of oddball humor here, with the strange characters and the even stranger dances we see. By now, an another amazing change is taking place in the way that Waters makes his films. John Waters has no interest in being part of Hollywood, but parts of Hollywood want to be with John Waters...here we have Pia Zadora, Sonny Bono, Debbie Harry, and Jerry Stiller.
All-in-all, this is a fun, enjoyable movie...certainly like no other in my collection. It's still not mainstream (although it remains to be seen how well the remake does...it's hard for a veteran Waters fan to imagine such a thing...a remake!), as even Waters' tamest movies aren't for everybody, and this definitely feels like a Waters film, from start to finish. To the true Waters fan, he never sold out--he just grew as a filmmaker and went down paths that we never would have guessed, but should have known, that he would. And I enjoy this slight detour.