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John Waters, the Prince of Trash visited Switzerland

Summary/Abstract: John Waters is one of the founders of ‘trash culture’. He grew up in Baltimore, and currently lives in Hollywood. As high school student, he was interested in a puppet theatre. In 1966, he produced a show entitled ‘Twelve Assholes and Dirty Foot’. Later he was interested in movies, and directed such films as ‘Hag in a Black Leather Jacket’, and ‘Mondo Trasho’ (1969), ‘Pink Flamingos’ (1972), ‘Polyester’ (1981), and ‘Hairspray’ (1988). He always concentrated on trash motifs. His movies were often considered as scandalous productions. In 1985, the Art Museum in Baltimore organized a retrospective show of his photography. In 2000, Melanie Griffith starred in his movie entitled ‘Cecil de Mented’. Usually, he employed friends as actors and actresses, but he also made exceptions from that rule. Cartoon movie characters were used by Waters in his movie entitled ‘The Hot Seat’.

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