Okay, some get John Waters and some don't. The same is true of Divine, I think. I fall into the second category. With the exception of "Hairspray" which was tolerable only because of Ricki Lake, John Waters's movies go straight over my head.
This movie was my first introduction to Waters and Divine and what a wake up call. It's rare that I don't finish a movie, but this is one of the few exceptions. It is incredibly UN-funny. It features "nude" scenes with Divine who is the ugliest, least talented female impersonator I have ever encountered. Admittedly I haven't encountered many, but the ones I've seen were way better and they didn't get to star in even a lame piece of junk like this one. At no time did I accept Divine as a woman, and yet this movie insisted that I do so even to the point of enduring scenes where he/she attempted to seduce various male characters, and even attempted to provoke (if memory serves) a rape scene. Perhaps the ridiculousness, the sheer lack of any believability is the whole point. Usually I like that kind of thing, as when Elmer Fudd defies gravity. But this was pushing it, even for me.
Maybe John Waters and Divine are your taste; maybe you'll get it and be entertained. Me: I rented this stink bomb and really wanted my money back.
This movie was my first introduction to Waters and Divine and what a wake up call. It's rare that I don't finish a movie, but this is one of the few exceptions. It is incredibly UN-funny. It features "nude" scenes with Divine who is the ugliest, least talented female impersonator I have ever encountered. Admittedly I haven't encountered many, but the ones I've seen were way better and they didn't get to star in even a lame piece of junk like this one. At no time did I accept Divine as a woman, and yet this movie insisted that I do so even to the point of enduring scenes where he/she attempted to seduce various male characters, and even attempted to provoke (if memory serves) a rape scene. Perhaps the ridiculousness, the sheer lack of any believability is the whole point. Usually I like that kind of thing, as when Elmer Fudd defies gravity. But this was pushing it, even for me.
Maybe John Waters and Divine are your taste; maybe you'll get it and be entertained. Me: I rented this stink bomb and really wanted my money back.