John Waters tried to get Divine gadgets for his exhibit on the Academy Museum however the house owners requested for an excessive amount of cash.
The working and private relationship between director John Waters and drag queen Divine is among the nice ones in film historical past (Akira and Toshiro who?), lasting from the Sixties till Divine’s (aka Harris Milstead’s) 1988 dying. They had been so shut that Waters nonetheless stays a champion for Divine and all he represented. However there may be nonetheless a niche of types, as Waters claims he was imagined to inherit a few of Divine’s private belongings, which at the moment are being held “hostage” for monetary acquire.
John Waters lately said how a few of Divine’s private belongings ended up within the arms of folks that don’t take care of the legacy of the performer. “He died and his household got here in and took every part and bought it by an public sale place…So anyone purchased a field with 1,000,000 issues in it, together with the cheater, after which referred to as me and needed a complete lot of cash, like held it hostage, sort of. I imply, they actually didn’t do this, however they requested for a daft sum of money.” A cheater, we’ve discovered, is drag neighborhood lingo for one thing that covers, nicely, you recognize…
And whereas Divine’s particular piece received’t be a part of John Waters’ career-spanning exhibit on the Academy Museum – nor will plenty of others being saved from Waters – that showcase remains to be positively one to see in case you are a fan of the director’s enduring legacy and expansive filmography, which can solely get longer when he returns to directing with Liarmouth. Waters has been directing since 1964, along with his first quick being the 8mm Hag in a Black Leather-based Jacket. Waters met Divine earlier and would seem within the director’s 1966 quick Roman Candles as a smoking nun. Their closing work collectively, 1988’s Hairspray, was launched simply three weeks earlier than Divine’s dying. For it, he earned an Impartial Spirit Award nomination for Finest Supporting Actor.
We by no means anticipated 2023 to be The 12 months of John Waters, however with a star on the Hollywood Stroll of Fame and the aforementioned exhibit on the Academy Museum (appropriately titled “John Waters: Pope of Trash”) there’s simply no denying it — and we’re right here for it!
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