Review of Desperate Living (1977) by Tyler R — 13 Dec 2010
"you are now the proud owner of RABIES!"this is a shining example of john waters. Desperate Living is wild, freakish, gross, juvenile, and totally genius. for the first 25% of the film mink stole is just screaming at everybody.
"tell your mother I hate her/ tell your mother I hate you/ I hate the supreme court/ I never thought you'd rape your own sister."it's lovely. I loved grizelda, and it was so appropriate for john waters to make her lesbian.
in fact, the whole film is made up of superb choices. the film only falls short in it's prolonged middle, but never will that overshadow the wonderful wrestling sequence, the child being found in the refrigerator, and the hilarious sex change incident.
thankfully in john waters' world at the end of the day you can solve all of your problems by simply eating the queen.
This review of Desperate Living (1977) was written by Tyler R on 13 Dec 2010.
Desperate Living has generally received positive reviews.
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