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The Plot Thickens

From American Masters: Creative Spark: John Waters on the Fine Art of Bad Taste

The Plot Thickens

TCM Podcasts

Tv & Film, Film History

4.84.8K Ratings

🗓️ 1 May 2023

⏱️ 18 minutes

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Summary

We’re sharing a bonus episode from our friends at American Masters: Creative Spark, the PBS podcast that goes in-depth with an iconic artist about the creation of a single work. This episode is about John Waters, a filmmaker who loves to break the rules and make you laugh along the way. The iconoclast has been doing just that over the past six decades with provocative and perverse films like Pink Flamingos, Hairspray, and Female Trouble. Now enshrined as the king of transgressive cinema, Waters breaks down the creative process behind his first novel, Liarmouth: A Feel-Bad Romance.

This episode includes derogatory epithets used in an artistic context. Listener discretion advised.

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0:00.0

Hi everyone, Ben here.

0:02.0

While we're hard work on our next season of the plot thickens, we've got something

0:06.2

we think you'll really enjoy.

0:08.0

We're sharing an episode from American Masters Creative Spark, the Webby Award-winning

0:13.0

podcast produced by our friends at PBS.

0:16.8

In this special episode from the American Masters podcast, host Joe Skinner sits down with

0:22.3

one of the greatest and most subversive filmmakers in America, the one and only John Waters.

0:28.6

Over the past six decades, John Waters has celebrated the best of bad taste with provocative

0:34.3

films from pink flamingos and multiple maniacs to female trouble.

0:39.7

Now the King of Transgressive Cinema is taking on new challenges.

0:44.4

In this episode, he breaks down the process of writing his first novel, Liar Mouth,

0:49.4

of Field Bad Romance.

0:51.2

He even explains why he thinks his work is, believe it or not, politically correct.

0:57.6

It is a terrific interview, and if you like what you hear, head to your favorite podcast

1:01.9

app and subscribe to American Masters Creative Spark.

1:06.6

With that said, let's roll the tape.

1:11.3

This episode includes derogatory epithets used in an artistic context.

1:16.2

Listener discretion is advised.

1:19.6

Ladies and gentlemen, the great, great John Waters.

1:27.3

John Waters is an iconic writer and filmmaker who spent decades honing the fine art of bad

1:32.7

taste.

1:34.7

Thank you, writers, guild of America East for validating the lunatic fringe of cinema,

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