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5.0 out of 5 stars Could've Been, Should've Been, July 26 2010

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Kasey G (Toronto, ON) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Trash Trio: Pink Flamingos, Desperate Living And Flamingos Forever Second Edition (Paperback)

Have you and your friends ever thought about putting on a little-theatre production of "Pink Flamingos"? What about you and the cousins doing "Desperate Living" at the next family reunion?

If that truly is your thing, this book will be a Godsend, for it contains every wonderfully demented, perverse line in both of those '70s trash classics, but that's not even the best of it!

The real gem here is the screenplay for the sadly unproduced "Pink Flamingos" sequel, "Flamingos Forever".

Had Edith Massey not passed away, and had Divine been game and not so wrapped up in his singing "career", "Flamingos Forever" would have been the sequel to end all sequels, and the film that bridged "Polyester" and "Hairspray".

Alas, it was not to be. But now you can read for yourself and imagine the fabulous Mink Stole, Cookie Mueller, Jean Hill and the other Dreamlanders in what has got to be one of the most sorrowful missed opportunities of cinema.

If you loved all of John Waters other films, then this is a must-have. But I must warn you, at the end you'll be sobbing for what could have been, and what should have been.

There are photos throughout including a proof sheet from the famous chicken-shed scene featuring Crackers and Cookie.

Flamingos Forever!

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5.0 out of 5 stars One Man's Trash Is Another Man's Treasure!, Jan 19 2003

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Mike King "Mike Vegas King" (Taunton, MA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Trash Trio: Pink Flamingos, Desperate Living And Flamingos Forever Second Edition (Paperback)

What a treat it is to read three screenplays written by the great director, John Waters. "Pink Flamingos" proved that a cult classic could be created on an extremely limited budget. The actors were uniquely talented and the characters they portrayed unforgettable. Now that the demented dialog they spoke is on the printed page, one can savor every word. I particularly enjoyed the pledges of undying love spoken by Raymond and Connie Marble.

CONNIE: "Oh, I love you Raymond! I love you more than anything in the whole world. I love you even more than my own filthiness, more than my hair color. Oh God, I love you more than the sound of bones breaking, the sound of the death rattle..."

RAYMOND: "And I, Connie, also love you more than anything I could imagine - more than my hair color, more than the sound of babies crying, dogs dying, even more than the thought of original sin itself. I am yours, Connie, eternally united to you through an invisible cord of finely woven filth that even God Himself could never, ever break."

"Desperate Living" is a modern day fairy tale in which an obese maid accidentally kills the husband of the neurotic socialite she works for. Rather than face a trial and possible prison time, they escape to a bizarre village in the forest known as Mortville. In the book, John Waters vividly describes the place and its residents. "Everything is made out of trash and garbage, including the houses. Hideous bums, perverts and psychopaths walk the street as...leather-clad Goons patrol the street harassing the pitiful citizens. In the distance we see a fairy-tale castle." Queen Carlotta is a ruthless monarch, living in opulent splendor while her squalid subjects starve. The power of the printed word was such that, immediately after reading that screenplay, I had to watch the movie again.

The real treasure in this trash trio is the screenplay for "Flamingos Forever," the never filmed sequel to "Pink Flamingos." The action takes place fifteen years after the end of the previous story. Babs Johnson, Crackers, Cotton and Edie the Egg Lady return to Baltimore as the Divine leaders of a filth cult. The late Connie Marble's sister, Vera, is married to Wilbur Venninger, a necrophiliac who owns a funeral home. The Venningers kidnap young children and force them to drink, smoke and shoot heroin. Vera claims to be the filthiest person alive, and sees Babs Johnson as the biggest threat to her title. Vera Venninger's rivalry with, seeming victory over and ultimate defeat to Babs comprises the rest of the story. What a shame that most of the actors in the original movie had passed away by the time this was written, and the sequel will never be filmed.

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5.0 out of 5 stars A must for the trashoisie, Sep 29 1999

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Waters's early work is hilarious, and the book is a surprisingly good read despite the egregious absence of Waters's best flick, "Female Trouble."

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