John Waters' Polyester
Directed by:
John WatersScreenplay:
John WatersCinematography:
David InsleyComposer:
Michael KamenCast:
Divine, Tab Hunter, Edith Massey, David Samson, Mink Stole, Mary Garlington, Ken King, Mary Vivian Pearce, Nancy Morgan, George Stover, Stiv Bators, Jean Hill (more)Plots(1)
Suburban housewife Francine Fishpaw (Divine) has a life from hell - her son is a glue-sniffing foot fetishist, her daughter is a tramp and her slobbish husband owns a porno cinema. When he leaves her for his sleazy secretary (Mink Stole), Francine hits the bottle - until happiness seems to beckon in the form of hunky Todd Tomorrow (Tab Hunter). John Waters spoofs the suburban melodrama in his first mainstream film. (Entertainment in Video)
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Polyester is a portrait of a suburban American family that becomes dysfunctional from one day to the next. The daughter is an idiot, the son an aggressive pervert, the dad an unscrupulous boor and the mother a good-hearted, hysterical mouse who is dependent on all of them. Waters’ bizarre film, which has gained cult status in certain circles, is entertaining with its bizarre microcosm of characters, but without the endearingly over-the-top distastefulness that he served up in Pink Flamingos, it doesn’t leave such a distinctive mark.
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