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Female Trouble [Import]

Divine (Actor), David Lochary (Actor), John Waters (Director) | Rated: NC-17 | Format: VHS Tape
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John Waters expands the definition of female trouble in this mutant tribute to good-girl-gone-bad drive-in melodramas. The girl is, of course, cross-dressing cult icon Divine, Waters's plus-sized muse. Divine is at her most gleefully outrageous as teenage brat Dawn Davenport, who runs away from home and into a life of wanton hedonism all because she didn't get cha-cha heels for Christmas. Almost immediately she's molested by a sleazy motorcycle thug (also played by Divine--is this Waters's idea of "love thyself"?), but she doesn't let motherhood interfere with her plans of stardom and turns herself into an unlikely fashion statement in an apocalyptic fashion show. Waters's fourth feature, a follow-up to the midnight movie hit Pink Flamingos, is just as cinematically primitive and even more gleefully vulgar, right down to the electric climax of Dawn's road to everlasting fame.

The DVD also features a commentary track by the always-entertaining John Waters. --Sean Axmaker

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5.0 out of 5 stars Every line is delivered like a hollywood classic. Jan 10 2002
By Cory Smith
Format:VHS Tape
Every line is delivered like a hollywood classic. From the outlandish outfits to the long diatribe delivery style of John Waters writing this film is a piece of "high" Hollywood art (although is Baltimore filmed) Divine has never looked as delicious in any of the other films, nor has crime been glamourized to the extent that I killed my neighbors cat and filled a trashcan with alka seltzer and dropped my infant in and waited and waited...until...BINGO KABOOM! Baby needs to pee. Okay, so it is sick and perverse too, but we all know TV and movies have no effect on the weakest of minds.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Crime, beauty, glamour and depth! Nov 23 2001
By frank vigliotti
Format:VHS Tape
The most brilliant film ever made. Totally overlooked by the Academy Awards, this masterpiece is FINALLY available on video again. Simpletons may frown upon it, but there is no doubt. This is the best film ever made. "Oh, Ernie! Have another pretzel for Christ's sake!"
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5.0 out of 5 stars It's so bad it's great! Oct 26 2001
By A Customer
Format:VHS Tape
I first saw "Female Trouble" back in the 1970s and since then I've been looking for the video. I have it now and it's just as I remembered it. Divine plays both the immortal Dawn Davenport and Earl, and it's clear that she is better at playing female roles than male roles. Dawn is so delightfully evil that we are not surprised by whatever happens to her, but the violence doesn't shock us as it would in some other movies. The late Edith Massey was great as Ida and Mink Stole - the only actor to appear in ALL of John Waters' movies - was almost as good as the bratty Taffy (I would have slapped her too if she was my daughter.) And we got to see Divine's penis and Massey's breasts! The only thing I didn't care about was the "romance interest", Gator. Waters should have gotten a good-looking guy to play Dawn's husband, not one of his hippy friends.

It's a shame that Oscars weren't given for trashy cult movies in the mid-seventies, 'cause "Female Trouble" would have swept the field back then.

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2.0 out of 5 stars Beware of the girl who does not get her cha-cha heels
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Published on April 18 2004 by guillermoj
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Published on Sep 5 2001 by Bartholomew B. Stich
5.0 out of 5 stars Divine at her best!
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Published on Sep 4 2001 by "rdb05"
5.0 out of 5 stars DAWN DAVENPORT RULES IN JOHN WATERS' MASTERPIECE!
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Published on Aug 9 2001 by John T. Howton
5.0 out of 5 stars HIS MASTERPIECE
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