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John Waters’s Favorite Stripper: Lady Zorro

Posted on February 28, 2015 by almosthipguy

The Butch Local Girl Who Looked Like Victor Mature By Burlesque Babes (burlesquebabes.wordpress.com, 2/26/2015) Her real name was Sheila Alberta Bowater. Get by with a little help from my friends… A reader kindly posted a helpful comment to my original … Continue reading →

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John Waters Looks for Trouble

Posted on January 11, 2015 by almosthipguy

Filmmaker John Waters is still looking to make people laugh uncomfortably—this time in the art world By Alexandra Wolfe (Weekend Confidential, Wall Street Journal, January 9, 2015) “I don’t trust anybody who hasn’t been in jail once.”- John Waters “Have … Continue reading →

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John Waters Retrospective @ Lincoln Center: Sept. 5-14, 2014

Posted on September 10, 2014 by almosthipguy

“50 Years of John Waters: How Much Can You Take?” September 5 – September 14, 2014 The Film Society of Lincoln Center Lincoln Center Plaza New York, NY 10023-6595 “It took me 50 years to claw my way up from … Continue reading →

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The First Annual End of the World Show (1973)

Posted on June 16, 2014 by almosthipguy

[After spotting a framed poster for this legendary Johns Hopkins University event hanging on Robyn Webb’s wall, I checked the Internets (all of them!) and found this review by the guy who organized it all, Tom D’Antoni. The former Baltimore … Continue reading →

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