Hairspray, Female Trouble, and Multiple Maniacs bad girls don't die

Hairspray, Female Trouble, and Multiple Maniacs bad girls don't dieHere are three more of John Waters's most popular screenplays for the first time in print, including an original introduction by Waters and dozens of fun film stills. John Waters, the writer and director of these movies, is a legendary filmmaker whose films occupy their own niche in cinema history. His muse and leading lady was Divine a 300 pound transvestite who could eat dog shit in one scene and break your heart in the next. In "Hairspray," a

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Micha knows he can't leave Ella behind

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