Still Buffering: Pink Flamingos (1972)

Still Buffering

Sydnee McElroy

Comedy

4.8 • 1.7K Ratings

🗓️ 13 July 2025

⏱️ 51 minutes

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This week we begin a mini-series on the Pope of Trash himself, John Waters. First up, the shocking Pink Flamingos. Look, I could list all the triggers in this film, but um, if you can think of something that may offend or defile you, it's there. Buyer Beware. Join us as we ponder the question; is there some freeing divinity to be found through extreme cinema? Who knows, but there's certainly Divine.

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0:00.0	Maybe you change your mind too many times over and over again.
0:05.0	Over and over again.
0:21.6	Baby you change your mind, oh, too many times, over and over again, over and over again.
0:30.6	Hello and welcome to Still Buckering, a cross-generational guide to the culture that made us.
0:34.6	I'm Sidney McRoy.
0:35.6	And I'm Taylor Smirrow.
0:41.8	Tay, you, I was going to say I had an exciting weekend, but I guess it was Monday.
0:43.2	You had an exciting Monday.
0:45.5	I did have an exciting Monday.
0:48.2	That's rare to have an exciting Monday.
0:53.6	Well, I mean, I work in the service industry, so my weekend is Monday Tuesday. So if there's any excitement in my week, which frankly, there's usually not, it is on a Monday or Tuesday.
0:59.9	Well, tell us about your exciting Monday.
1:02.0	I performed at a drag show.
1:04.4	It's a drag bingo.
1:06.1	Drag bingo on a Monday night.
1:07.8	That's the peak of performance for me. But of, of, uh, performance for me. Um, but no, I got,
1:13.0	it was a drag, drag, drag king bingo. So, uh, I did a, a number, um, as Trash Wednesday,
1:19.6	my, my drag persona. And, uh, it was hosted by, by cutting stunt. It was a really talented
1:25.7	king. And it was just a really cool crew, really cool experience.
1:29.9	Didn't like, my goals for being on stage are always just like, don't fall down and don't
1:35.2	puke.
1:36.2	Don't cry.
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