Tuesday, August 16, 2005

John Waters, motherfucker

I just finished watching the director's cut DVD of Cry-Baby which I bought last week. Let me just say, it's one of my favorites. Everytime Johnny Depp says "Alison" I just pretend he's talking to me, and oh god, I should stop there. (Hot!) Alright we all know Johnny Depp is freakin' hot, but to be even, I will say that Traci Lords was also extremely hot (even from a heterosexual female perspective. I want to be her. Except for the porn stuff.) I watched the little featurette called "It Came From Baltimore" and it renewed my love for B-More. I decided, next summer, I am going to write Mr. Waters a letter and see if I can get a job being his personal assistant, or lawn-mower, or porn-buyer, or something. I love the man. He and his films makes me proud to be from Baltimore; he makes me feel all special inside. I think very few other cities (excluding L.A. and New York) have wacky and famous filmmakers making their hometowns more awesome than they were to begin with. Can you think of any filmmakers that you directly link to, say, Richmond, VA? Or how about some town in North Dakota? (yeah you can't think of one either! Because it doesn't friggin' matter!) I know a lot of people think his movies are trash or schlock, but call it what you want! I think the man is a genius! And word is, Cry-Baby is in the works to become a Broadway musical like Hairspray. I will be there because I ain't no goddamn square!

Alright, so maybe I'm from the suburbs. But that's not my fault. If I had my way in 1990, I would've wanted to stay in the city, but certain parents of mine decided that suburban living would be better for a family. Technically, I was born there, so I'm calling it home, and there's not a damn thing you can do about it, you bitch. And I'm gonna find John Waters too. It'll be like that Finding Bobby Fischer movie. Except, no chess, and John Waters isn't like 11 years old... Ok, so it won't be anything like that damn Bobby Fischer movie. Fuck him anyway.

Now let the pink lawn flamingo shopping spree begin!

1 comment:

Alison said...

yup, he probably is a vampire. and it's your constant blood-donating that is allowing him to stay alive. good job.