PRIDE MONTH: Female Trouble - John Waters and the Art of Filth

Published: June 21, 2021, 2:57 p.m.

b"It's time at last to spotlight the patron saint of this podcast, the pope of filth himself: John Waters. While he's better known for Pink Flamingos, Female Trouble is the most potent and maybe the best of his 1970s work, a razor-sharp satire of heteronormative culture that can only flourish because it comes from such a tight team of collaborating artists and weirdos. \\n\\nBut it's also worth asking: what happens when an outsider artist becomes a public figure? What does that new element of privilege do to their art and how they relate to the marginalized community they come from?\\n\\nCONTENT WARNING: Discussion of sexual assault, incest, homophobia, transphobia, child abuse (physical/emotional/sexual), cults, and ableism\\n\\nI Am Divine (Documentary; also on Netflix): https://vimeo.com/ondemand/iamdivinefilm\\n\\nFemale Trouble Theme: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M5xziMBpf0Q\\n\\nShoes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3HjIljJd-o0\\n\\nJohn Waters Interview (2015): https://www.indiewire.com/2015/08/john-waters-on-caitlyn-jenner-we-cant-make-fun-of-her-241129/\\n\\nJohn Waters Interview (2018): https://www.theguardian.com/film/2018/nov/08/john-waters-homotopia-festival-liverpool-manson-murders\\n\\n1:00 John Waters and Filth\\n9:00 Divine and Gender\\n11:30 Content Warnings\\n13:00 The Life and Times of Dawn Davenport\\n26:00 Queer Satire\\n31:00 Modern Waters and Serial Mom\\n38:00 Should You Watch This\\n\\nSay hi to Dorothy and Vrai on Twitter @writervrai and @dorothynotgale\\n\\nOur icon was designed by Allison Shabet.\\n\\nGet bonus episodes on our Patreon: patreon.com/trashandtreasures\\n\\nJoin us every two weeks on Soundcloud, iTunes or Stitcher \\u2013 and if you\\u2019d leave a rating and review, so that more people can find their way to us, we\\u2019d appreciate it!"