7/6/2023 0 Comments Role models by john waters![]() ![]() He is a dandy who has done away with everyone else's hierarchies and created a new world that conforms only to his own taste for trash and the sublime. John Waters has a great gift for appreciation - whether for toothless lesbian strippers in Baltimore or the most rarefied painters and writers of our day. ![]() Read more A paean to the power of subversive inspiration that delights, amuses and happily horrifies in equal measure. From Esther Martin, owner of the scariest bar in Baltimore, to the playwright Tennessee Williams from the atheist leader Madalyn Murray O'Hair to the insane martyr Saint Catherine of Siena from the English novelist Denton Welch to the timelessly appealing singer Johnny Mathis - these are the extreme figures who helped John Waters form his own brand of neurotic happiness. Role Models is a wild and witty self-portrait of John Waters, America's 'Pope of Trash', told through intimate profiles of his favourite personalities - some famous, some unknown, some criminal, some surprisingly middle of the road. A wild and witty self-portrait of the author, America's 'Pope of Trash', told through intimate profiles of his favourite personalities - some famous, some unknown, some criminal, some surprisingly middle of the road. ![]()
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