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1993

liz phair enjoying the xbox and the ps2 because shes that girl

Raygun

liz phair - whip-smart (1994)

Felix’s childhood toys

Replica of the trailer from Pink Flamingos (1972) at the “John Waters: Pope of Trash” exhibit at the Academy Museum. It displays an original “Pink Phlegm-ingo” barf bag that was distributed at screenings of the film when it was first released.

whippets on divines grave

Snaggle-toothed punk granny, thrift shop proprietress and “outsider actress” Edith “Edie” Massey (28 May 1918 - 24 October 1984) – perhaps the most beloved of all John Waters’ freaky repertory troupe of actors – died on this day forty years ago. Massey made her film debut in Waters’ early “gutter film” Multiple Maniacs (1970). Her final appearance (for Waters) was as cleaning lady-turned-debutante Cuddles Kovinsky in Polyester (1981). Massey’s most treasured performances – as Mama Edie the Egg Lady in Pink Flamingos (1972), Aunt Ida in Female Trouble (1974) and Queen Carlotta in Desperate Living (1977) – will live forever. Massey and Divine onscreen together is probably my all-time favourite comedy double act (like Lucy Ricardo and Ethel Mertz for freaks and punks). Crank up “Punks Get off the Grass” (or her covers of “Fever” or “Big Girls Don’t Cry”), eat a hard-boiled egg and use “rah sha sha” in a sentence today in Massey’s honour.

PINK FLAMINGOS [1972, JOHN WATERS]