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John Waters announces ‘Let’s take over the World’ live at Bridgewater Hall Manchester
Yes, we’re tired of waiting. We’re tired of whining. So let’s overthrow all authority with the power of perverted humor. Lead others to John Waters and his twisted crackpot religion as he calls to arms those who promote his anal antidisestablishmentarianism. Help him plot, infiltrate, recruit, and celebrate a cesspool coup d’état. Born in Baltimore, MD in 1946, John Waters was drawn to movies at an early age, particularly exploitation movies with lurid ad campaigns. He subscribed to Variety at the age of twelve, absorbing the magazine’s factual information and its lexicon of insider lingo. This early education would prove useful as the future director began his career giving puppet shows for children’s birthday parties. As a teenager, Waters began making 8-mm underground movies influenced by the likes of Jean-Luc Godard, Walt Disney, Andy Warhol, Russ Meyer, Ingmar Bergman, and Herschell Gordon Lewis. In addition to writing and directing feature films, Waters is the author of ten books, including Shock Value, Crackpot, Pink Flamingos and Other Filth, Hairspray, Female Trouble and Multiple Maniacs, and Art: A Sex Book (co-written with art critic Bruce Hainley). Waters is also a photographer whose work has been shown in galleries all over the world since 1992. In 2011 he was selected as a juror for the Venice Biennale. He’s performed his one man spoken-word lectures entitled “End of the World,” “This Filthy World,” “False Negative,” “Naked Truth,” or “Make Trouble” and his…
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John Waters announces ‘Let’s take over the World’ live at Bridgewater Hall Manchester
Yes, we’re tired of waiting. We’re tired of whining. So let’s overthrow all authority with the power of perverted humor. Lead others to John Waters and his twisted crackpot religion as he calls to arms those who promote his anal…
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