John Waters
Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Marsha Sprinkle: Suitcase thief. Scammer. Master of disguise. Dogs and children hate her. Her own family wants her dead. She’s smart, she’s desperate, she’s disturbed, and she’s on the run with a big chip on her shoulder. They call her "Liarmouth" until one insane man makes her tell the truth.
3) Make trouble
Author
Publisher
Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
"When John Waters delivered his gleefully subversive advice to the graduates of the Rhode Island School of Design in 2015, the speech went viral, in part because it was so brilliantly on point about making a living as a creative person. From an icon of popular culture, here is inspiring advice for artists, graduates, and anyone seeking happiness and success on their own terms. Now we all can enjoy his sly wisdom in a manifesto that reminds us, no...
Author
Publisher
Scribner
Pub. Date
2003.
Language
English
Description
"An outrageous collection from the uniquely legendary John Waters, updated with new material—including Waters’s 2002 New York Times article, “Finally, Footlights on the Fat Girls.” Crackpot, originally released in 1986, is John Waters’s brilliantly entertaining litany of odd and fascinating people, places, and things. From Baltimore to Los Angeles, from William Castle to Pia Zadora, from the National Enquirer to Ronald Reagan’s colon,...
6) Polyester
Series
Criterion collection volume 995
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Follows the life of an overweight middle-class suburban housewife as she sees her world crumble when she discovers that her husband cheats on her, her daughter is pregnant and getting an abortion, and her delinquent son is the serial foot stomper who terrorizes local women.
7) Serial mom
Publisher
Shout! / Scream Factory
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Beverly Sufphin, the town's seemingly perfect homemaker, who is anything but. Follow her on her wacky mission to rid the neighborhood of everyone who has insulted her family. Includes director commentary; featurettes; and more.
Series
Criterion collection volume 929
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Enraged after her parents would not buy her cha-cha heels for Christmas, teenager Dawn Davenport turns to a life of crime.
9) Serial mom
Publisher
HBO Home Video
Pub. Date
1999, c1994
Language
English
Description
Housewife Turner is nearly perfect, except when someone violates her sense of appropriate conduct.
10) A dirty shame
Publisher
New Line Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
When a concussion awakens the carnal urges of Sylvia, the people of Pinewood become pitted against each other in a battle of decency versus depravity.
11) Mommie dearest
Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Pub. Date
2006
Language
English
Description
The story of legendary movie star Joan Crawford as she struggles for her career and battles the inner demons of her private life. This torment manifests itself into her relationships with her adopted children, Christina and Christopher.
Publisher
PBS Home Video
Pub. Date
c2001
Language
English
Description
"Seaons One and Two of this unique series presents 37 diverse artists working in the United States today, taking viewers behind the scenes--and beyond the museum or gallery experience--into artists' studios, homes, and communities to provide an intimate view of their lives, work, creative processes, and sources of inspiration. Themes provide a connective thread between profiles of three to five artists per program (four hour-long programs per season)....
13) Hairspray
Publisher
New Line Cinema Corp
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Tracy Turnblad, a teenager with huge hair, a big grin, and all the right moves, becomes the queen of Baltimore's number one dance revue.