Desperate Living - 1977 - 6/10
One of John Waters’ keenest satires on American suburbia.
A rich housewife murders her husband (with ingenious help from her maid), both flee to Mortville.
The burg has its own queen, and her princess daughter.
Add lesbians Muffy and Mole, wrestler and trans lovers.
This film is an insane explosion of narratives and images.
Like the wresting outfit, or dog with the fresh hotdog.
I saw this when it came out, took friends who were giddy with laughter, even my visiting 18 year old brother.
Waters reaches a weird zenith here, never to return as he became more mainstream.
