You people need to wake up!!!

Why would anybody who felt so revolted watch a John Waters film until as he-she?? says "the lights came up". This is the kind of movie you like within the first 5 minutes or turn it off or push ff on the remote- These people just like to have something to complain about. Next time push stop then eject and turn on the Disney channel or TVland.

One thing I will say is that I think people may misjudge Female Trouble if they see it with Pink Flamingos. Pink Flamingos really is unwatchable for me. I've seen it once and would never want to again. According to one article I read, even John Waters says he'd like to remove a scene from it "for Divine's dignity" if he could, the scene where she "goes down on" her son. While I suppose it does deserve credit for making Waters famous, I think it's a pretty mean and nasty film.

But Female Trouble is the funniest movie ever made, as far as I'm concerned. There's nothing else to equal it. And part of the reason I think it's so funny is that it's a sort of relief from the real world. It's not about the real world in my opinion. It makes fun of it in some ways, including some things we normally think of as sacrosanct, like compassion. As I said when I advertised a screening of it once, "It's an attack on everything decent in the world." But I don't think the story is actually about the real world, because it has some contradictions that are unresolvable. In particular, do the Dashers really believe Dawn is beautiful or not? One scene suggests yes, and another suggests no. And then of course there's that hilarious scene where Taffy is upset that Ida doesn't appreciate the hook she got for her. You can't just go down to the corner drugstore and buy a hook for someone.

I agree with the person on this thread who said movies are diverse and no one can judge all of them. I believe Roger Ebert more or less said this one was trash, and he completely misunderstood it. I think he said the acting was bad. But what do you need good acting for? To depict the real world. In this film, the acting is bad when it needs to be (the classmate who rats on Dawn at the beginning) and good when it needs to be (all of Divine's and David Lochary's performances). And while it's true, I assume, that Edith Massey couldn't play Shakespearean roles, she doesn't need to. In every movie I've seen her in, she played one role: Edith Massey! And that was perfect for this film.

I totaly agree with you about your oppinion on Female Trouble but how can you not watch Pink Flamingos I think there pretty much equal in intensity. Hell I watched Pink Flamingos with my mom!

I agree, it is a masterpiece. I think Roger Ebert, or maybe someone else, said it was poor because the acting was bad, and he completely missed the point. In this film, when the acting needs to be bad, it's bad, and when it needs to be good, it's good. It's brilliantly put together, and there's nothing else as funny as this. I doubt I'll ever find another film I love as much as this one.



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