Peppered with illustrations by Eric Hanson (who also created the cover for Role Models), Make Trouble is a transcription of that speech, and is a rousing rally cry to anyone looking to influence the minds of a young person the verge of their next stage in life. Waters saw that as a qualifier, rather than a dis-qualifier, for giving advice to the next generation of artists and degenerates as they enter the art world and work force in earnest.
John Waters delivered the commencement speech to graduates of RISD in 2015, which is ironic since he was expelled from college himself! But Mr. It also features essays by the Baltimore Museum of Art’s Curator Kristen Hileman and art historian Jonathan David Katz an introduction by Robert Storr and an interview with Waters by photographer Wolfgang Tillmans. University of California Press, October 2018Īs the catalogue companion to his career retrospective, Indecent Exposure, this richly illustrated volume captures the exhibition’s imagery, sculpture and themes. Studded with cameos of Waters’s stars, from Divine and Mink Stole to Johnny Depp, Kathleen Turner, Patricia Hearst, and Tracey Ullman, and illustrated with unseen photos from Waters’s personal collection. Through it all, Waters swears by one undeniable truth: “Whatever you might have heard, there is absolutely no downside to being famous. Waters relates themes about which he is an expert including how to fail upward in Hollywood how to develop musical taste from Nervous Norvus to Maria Callas how to build a home so ugly and trendy that no one but you would dare live in it how to tell someone you love them without emotional risk and how to cheat death itself. Know-It-All: The Tarnished Wisdon of a Filth Elder Vile humor abounds! A sordid, grotesque tome from the Prince of Puke.” Despised by her family, including her own children, she ends up on the run from the law with her companion and accomplice.
In his first novel, John Waters tells the story of Marsha Sprinkle, a thief, a grifter, and a master of disguise. He has also published screenplays from his films, collections of his photography and visual art. John Waters has authored many books, many of which are non-fiction stories.
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