John Waters

Q&A with Actress Mink Stole: "If Anyone's Going to Judge Me, Go Away."

Movies post by Sarah Mirk on May 1, 2013 - 9:31am; tagged John Waters, women in film.

Mink Stole as Taffy, leaning over in a tutu

You know Nancy Stole as a horrible person. She's performed under the nickname Mink Stole in sixty films, but her morally corrupt roles in John Waters' outrageous films are the ones that burn themselves into your brain.

Read my interview with Mink below the cut!

She's the Original: "I Am Divine" Examines the Life of Beloved Drag Legend

Movies post by Kerensa Cadenas on April 11, 2013 - 1:16pm; tagged Divine, drag, John Waters, queer, queer artists.

Divine from Pink Famingos

Artistic mediums always have innovators, those people who weren't afraid to try new things with paint, words, light, film. Director Jeffery Schwarz's new film I Am Divine creates a portrait of how revolutionary drag superstar Divine brought drag from society's margins to the mainstream in his fearless and innovative way.

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Art + Domestic Violence Redux

Social Commentary post by Deesha Philyaw on April 15, 2009 - 8:28pm; tagged art, domestic violence, John Waters, tina turner.

This comes on the heels of my previous post about art and domestic violence.

John Waters' pop art portrayal of the relationship between Ike and Tina Turner is all-too-accurate.

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