John Waters & Andy Kindler

Bullseye with Jesse Thorn

Jesse Thorn

Society & Culture

4.5 • 2.6K Ratings

🗓️ 15 May 2017

⏱️ 63 minutes

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We got John Waters in the studio (he wore a beautiful Commes de Garcon shirt, btw). John has a new book out, it's a transcript of a commencement speech he gave to RISD students in 2015. Jesse talks with him about Little Richard, trigger warnings, and how the film industry tried (and failed) to make the King of Trash compromise his work. Then, Andy Kindler stops by. Andy's a terrific stand up and hosts the latest season of the Hulu series Coming to the Stage. Since 1996, Andy's also given a speech at the Just for Laughs Festival - it's called the State of the Industry. For about an hour each year, Andy basically puts comedians and the entire industry on blast - popular targets include Jay Leno, Ricky Gervais, and lazy journalists. It's made him one of the funniest and sincere truth tellers in comedy. His newest album is a never before released recording of his original 1996 address.

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0:40.2	John Waters is a director who hasn't made a movie in over a decade, and right now he doesn't
0:45.8	have any imminent plans to make movies in the future.
0:49.3	But he's keeping busy.
0:51.0	He's done a ton of live performances, he released a few compilation albums, and he's a published
0:55.6	author too.
0:56.9	His latest book is based on a commencement speech he gave at RISD, the Rhode Island School
1:01.6	of Design, a couple years ago.
1:03.6	And if you think about it, asking John Waters to give a commencement speech is a pretty
1:09.2	bold pick, right?
1:10.7	I mean, ask the man himself.
1:14.7	He's not that into it.
1:17.0	I didn't try it all.
1:18.2	That's good.
1:19.2	That was the problem.
1:20.2	I didn't care if I got out or went.
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