Divine Trash

02:24 pm - Sad news...
Liz Renay died.

:(
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sad

July 12th, 2006

_exquisite_red_

11:22 pm
Hey everyone...
for all the filthy in arizona:

June 22nd, 2006

dogretard

09:23 am
Hey everyone! I'm new, and totally fucking EXCITED that I found something like this! Very big John Waters' fan, and I LOVE Divine & Edith. Kinda like all of you, right? Right. Haha. Well, YAY!

That's all I got.

May 28th, 2006

08:00 pm - Happy Birthday, Edith Massey!

We miss you!!!!!!!!!

May 10th, 2006

05:29 am - video.

divine music video.

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April 29th, 2006

11:36 pm

so, this community has been a little inactive for a while. i thought id post something to liven it up just a little bit..

.. does anyone know where you could find any information concerning divines potential role in 'married with children'? i remember hearing somewhere that she was supposed to play a character on that show, but thats all i know of it..

.. wouldve been interesting..
Current Mood:

curious
Current Music: 'the girl from ipanema', stan getz.

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March 22nd, 2006

12:25 am
My Golden Rules

by John Waters

From MovieMaker magazine

Writing the Script

1. No comedy should be longer than 90 minutes. There’s no such thing as a good long joke.

2. Thinking up characters is easy; the narrative (what makes a hit) is always the hard part.

3. Never make a film about your grandmother unless she’s a serial killer.

4. The first draft of your script should never be read by anybody. What you call your “first draft” should be your third, fourth or even tenth pass.

5. If you can get an NC-17 rating without using any sex or violence, you’ll be called a genius.

Raising the Budget

1. Never hate the rich. Poor people are not known to invest in movies.

2. Pot dealers are usually movie buffs and make for good silent partners.

3. Never ask a friend or family member for money for your film if you don’t think they have a chance to make it back.

4. When you try to sell your film with a treatment, always include a mock-up of an ad campaign so you look like you’re thinking like a money person.

5. Pay for the music you use in your soundtrack now. It costs a lot more later if you don’t.

Directing

1. No matter what you’ve heard, contention on the set does not lead to creativity.

2. Go to a lot of trouble to make friends with the neighbors before you shoot on location. Throw them a party. Let them think they’ll be discovered.

3. Having sex with any member of your cast is a bad idea—crew is better.

4. Teamsters will beat up people off the set if you ask them quietly and politely.

5. When directing a big star, never show fear. They want you to tell them what to do.

Promoting the Film

1. Who cares which photographer shoots you for each magazine? It’s the retouch budget that counts.

2. If you are a bald director, make sure you have a baseball cap handy to wear on set because electronic press kit crews will always want to film you from behind to “see what the director sees.”

3. On international press tours, never tell customs inspectors you’re in their country for “business”—the red tape hell will smother you like an avalanche.

4. You can’t be friends with film critics, no matter how much they like your first movie.

5. Movies people like at film festivals are not always the ones they like in real life.

March 15th, 2006

05:35 am

my guilty pleasure: cheesy celebrity gossip magazines.

in the march 20, 2006 issue of in touch, i found this small article, and i almost died.

john travolta is polishing up his dancing shoes - and theyre high heels! travolta is starring in the film adaptation of the hit musical 'hairspray' as downtrodden housewife edna turnblad, famously played by divine in the original film and harvey fierstein on broadway.

any thoughts or comments?
Current Mood:

curious
Current Music: 'twenty years', placebo.

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March 7th, 2006

03:58 pm
R.I.P. Divine

October 19th, 1945 - March 7th, 1988
Current Mood:

sad
Current Music: Divine - I'm So Beautiful

February 3rd, 2006

11:13 am
I've got a new Divine portrait pendant up at Etsy!

http://kateblack.etsy.com

January 22nd, 2006

12:19 am - Filthy: The Weird World of John Waters by Robrt L. Pela
While Filthy: The Weird World of John Waters is servicable as a brief overview of John Waters' career, it really doesn't offer anything one couldn't learn by reading Waters' Shock Value and Crackpot: The Obsessions of John Waters, Frances Milstead's My Son Divine, or even by watching Steve Yeager's great documentary Divine Trash, all of which are vastly superior to this book. In fact, most of the quotes in Filthy are taken from those other works, implying that the author hasn't actually come into contact with any of the people involved with John Waters' films (or as fans like to call them, Dreamlanders). The book begins with a concise look at Waters' childhood and travels through the making of his films, all but skipping over his latter period works like Serial Mom and Cecil B. Demented. Unfortunately, the chapters aren't laid out very well and the film anecdotes are interrupted by idiotic stories like an unnecessary and disrespectful segment where the author supposedly channels Divine through a psychic, or mean-spirited descriptions of a few Waters fans told through the eyes of a man who clearly isn't as big of a fan as he makes himself out to be.

Another unpropitious aspect of Filthy is that the author makes one too many mistakes throughout the text, either with facts or with plot descriptions. These errors may be considered minor to the casual Waters fan, but will absolutely ruin the reading experience for John Waters fanatics by prompting them to take what the author says with a grain of salt. For example, Pela states that Jean Hill has no lines in Polyester. Anyone who has seen the film, and enjoys it as much as I do, knows that this is not true. Her scene is one of the funniest moments in the film, as she spews out insults a mile a minute to a passing car full of teenagers.

In addition, one can easily tell which films Pela doesn't care much for because he nearly eschews them completely. The passage about Serial Mom is less than a page, which is disappointing because it is the best film from Waters' post-Polyester days. It's also sad when what seems like half of the book is comprised of a filmography with cast and crew lists, plot synopses, dialogue, and other assorted facts that are either repeated from earlier chapters or could (and should) have been placed elsewhere in the book.

What is good about Filthy? It is well-written and is pretty comprehensive in outlining how these films were made, in a cramped sort of way. The chapters on Pink Flamingos, Female Trouble, and Polyester were thorough and the chapter about the author's visit to Baltimore was mildly amusing. There were a few quotes from Waters, Divine, Mink Stole, and others, that I had never read before and a couple of facts here and there that enlightened me to a point. I suppose Filthy would be a good guide for people who know little or nothing about John Waters and his films, but it is obvious that Pela has no first-hand experience speaking with the people behind these films. The chapters about the fans and about Pela contacting Divine beyond the grave--not to mention the bloated filmography at the end of the book--are simply filler. The author has taken all of this information from other works of reference and condensed it into one compact resource, which may be fine for some, but leave others like me begging for more substance.

January 21st, 2006

09:05 am

so, i saw 'lust in the dust' for the first time yesterday, and i cant decide if i like it or not. it wasnt holding my interest, but i think its because i was watching it while thinking 'this isnt a john waters film' - when i have a mentality like that i automatically dont like it. [for example, i hate the city i live in now, because i keep thinking of it as 'not my hometown'.]

anyway, i was just curious to know if anyone else has seen it and/or liked it.
Current Mood:

content
Current Music: 'daughter', smashing pumpkins.

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January 14th, 2006

chase_nothing

10:44 pm - never EndinG
In my seemingly never ending search for others who know the tantilizing grace and beauty that is Divine, i stumbled on this here group.

tid bit of trivia 4 you.... Divine is the only "celebrity?" to be featured on the Hollywood death sites tour that is also a poart of the tour now.....

thought i'd share that.
thanx a bunches.....
H&BK
ChasE
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giddy

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December 25th, 2005

12:18 pm

last christmas, i was given a copy of 'polyester' on dvd, and it came with an odorama card. it was my favorite gift that year. i cant wait to see what i got this year. =)

merry christmas, everyone!

Current Mood:

content
Current Music: 'red alert', basement jaxx.

December 22nd, 2005

mom_smackley

10:03 am
Oh my gosh---look what I found...I've never seen this pic before. It's one of the photos taken for the poster art for THE NEON WOMAN stage show he did after WOMEN BEHIND BARS.

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December 21st, 2005

04:12 pm

I can't believe I worked a craft fair and sold all this stuff which was not nearly as cool as my pendant portraits of Divine and Edith Massey, and they languished! There is no accounting for taste, or a lack of appreciation for the refined tastelessness they embodied in Female Trouble.

They're up for grabs at http://kateblack.etsy.com

December 18th, 2005

03:40 pm
Just made a new banner for the community. Enjoy:

Current Mood:

content

December 17th, 2005

mom_smackley

10:11 am
Divine and I...together at last...

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Current Music: Trioxin theme from Return of the Living Dead

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December 14th, 2005

10:54 pm
If you're in the Brooklyn, NY area this Saturday (December 17th) please stop by The Warsaw in Williamsburg. I'll be selling hand illustrated, one of a kind pendants, including many inspired by John Waters films! There are a bunch of Divine as Dawn Davenport and one of John in this batch I'm linking to, but I'll also have more Edith Massey and maybe a Taffy or two. (And that's just from Female Trouble!)

Click Dawn's black eye to see some of the pendants I'll have with me at The Bust Holiday Craftacular!

November 27th, 2005