Although I love Divine, I always thought that Cry Baby had a better story and better music than Hairspray.

http://www.broadway.com/G...?ci=553790

This should be good, if they keep all of the original songs.

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NNNNNnnnnnOOOOOooooo!!!!!

I know I'm waaaaay in the minority, but I've always, always loved Cry Baby.

CarrieMpls said:

You iz a Cry Baby.

JDInteractive said:

Yeah. Pretty much.

I haven't seen Cry Baby. What did I miss?
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scififilmnerd said:

http://www.youtube.com/wa...9TMZEr903E


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CarrieMpls said:

I'm the Phantom of the Opera.

JDInteractive said:

No wonder you always wear that mask.

CarrieMpls said:

It's my poker face.

I don't know how I feel about this. You can call me a John Waters' purist or something.

MIGUELGOMEZ said:

I'm sorry, but after Pecker, John Waters lost it. If his legacy can be salvaged by Broadway, then so be it.

Justin1972UK said:

i thought 'a dirty shame' was a good return to form. his movies can't be "female trouble" or "pink flamingos" anymore. he's too established. he can't make grungy, grimey, filthy looking films with amateur actors anymore - if he tried for the sake of "credibility", it would look more forced and disingenuous than the glammed-up flicks he's already making. at least the screenplay for 'a dirty shame' was totally perverted and demented. i think he still has an amazing wit.

meanwhile, if ol uncle john is making lotsa money for sitting on his butt and letting broadway adapt his films into musicals, then more power to him.

Anxiety said:

I do too. I just don't see why it isn't translating into his movies. His commentary on the recent Special Edition DVD of Mommie Dearest is funnier than anything he's actually filmed for nearly a decade. His interviews too - hilarious.

I'm hoping his kids Christmas movie will be a return to form.

I should start a thrread about artists whom have gone off the boil. French & Saunders have completely lost it too.

Justin1972UK said:

I almost bought the Mommie Dearest DVD this weekend. Something stopped me. I've heard about how hilarious the commentary is. I should go back and get it.

MIGUELGOMEZ said:

Next to the 'Greatest Movie Ever Made' commentary on the special edition of "Showgirls," John's "Mommie Dearest" commentary is the BEST commentary track ever.

SnakePeel said:

it's entertaining, but i think the commentaries he's done for his OWN movies are way funnier, especially the commentary he did for "desperate living".

SnakePeel said:

This is going to sound really lame but I loved the commentary on Pretty Woman. Gary Marshall was funny and it wasn't all technical stuff it had fun facts.

Anxiety said:

Thanks for reminding me. I think that's one of the DVD's that I don't have. I just recently watched the Polyester commentary and that was funny too.

A lot of it he covered on his DVD, THIS FILTHY WORLD.

MIGUELGOMEZ said:

he does re-tell his stories a lot.

i think even HE gets tired of telling some of his stories, like in the Q&A of "this filthy world" when someone in the audience asked about the divine dog-poop scene and waters was like, "do you REALLY want me to tell that story again?"

Anxiety said:

I went to one of his lectures at San Jose State University 2,000,000 years ago and this woman got up and asked him, if he really likes litle children and if he was a pedophile. Everyone was like, WTF. They had to throw the woman out. It was such an uncomfortable moment. He just said that he looks like a child molester but he isn't one.

MIGUELGOMEZ said:

he didn't do his impersonation of charles manson having sex with michael jackson???

Anxiety said:

OMG NO!!!! Hahahahah!!! I would love to see that.

MIGUELGOMEZ said:

he did it in "this filthy world", didn't he? i remember something super duper wrong involving john waters impersonating MJ...

MIGUELGOMEZ said:

that sounds like it came straight out of one of his movies

Anxiety said:

You know what. I don't remember that. One thing I do remember is the talk about rosebuds. Ewww...

MIGUELGOMEZ said:

blossoms!