History YMMV / JohnWaters

* SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped: ''A Dirty Shame'' can be interpreted as one giant sex-positive AuthorTract in response to [[TurnOfTheMillennium the reactionary time]] in which it was made.
** [[VillainProtagonist Dawn Davenport]]'s "acceptance speech" at the end of ''Female Trouble'', noting how society is so fascinated by monsters, getting the death penalty is comparable to winning an Oscar.

*** Of course, the BIG difference is that actors can, and have, won Oscars more than once, where as the death penalty is, of course, a one-time-only event.

* CrazyAwesome
* CrossesTheLineTwice: Crosses The Line An Infinite Infinities Times Infinity Times

* [[CrossesTheLineTwice Crosses The Line An Infinite Infinities Times Infinity Times]]
* CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming: In his book ''Carsick'', one of his imaginary hitchhiking rides is with his long dead friend Edith Massey, and he gets a chance to see her one last time and say goodbye.

* [[CrossesTheLineTwice Crosses The Line An Infinite Infinity Times Infinity Times]]

* [[CrossesTheLineTwice Crosses The Line An Infinite Infinite Times Infinity Times]]

* [[CrossesTheLineTwice Crosses The Line An Infinite Amount Of Times]]

* [[CrossesTheLineTwice Crosses The Line An Infinite Infinities Times Infinity]]

* {{Crosses The Line Twice}}: Only twice?

* AffectionateParody: of SoBadItsGood [[{{BMovie}} B-Movies]].

*** Of course, the BIG difference is that actors can, and have won Oscars more than once, where as the death penalty is, of course, a one-time-only event.

* AccidentalAesop: From the chapter "Sort-Of Famous" in his [[{{Biography}} Autobiography]] ''Shock Value: A Tasteful Book About Bad Taste'':
--> "Since I love the new German cinema, I was really flattered to be invited to the Berlin Film Festival...The buffs are unbelievably serious and went crazy when I told them my films aren't political. 'Yes they ARE!' they screamed, and I backed off a little. I guess you can read anything you want into a screenplay."

* {{Crosses The Line Twice}}

* SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped: ''A Dirty Shame'' can be interpreted as one giant sex-positive AuthorTract in response to [[{{TurnOfTheMillennium}} the reactionary time]] in which it was made.
** [[{{VillainProtagonist}} Dawn Davenport]]'s "acceptance speech" at the end of ''Female Trouble'', noting how society is so fascinated by monsters, getting the death penalty is comparable to winning an Oscar.

* SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped: ''A Dirty Shame'' can be interpreted as one giant sex-positive AuthorTract in response to [[{{TurnOfTheMillennium}} the reactionary time]] it was made in.

* SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped: ''A Dirty Shame'' [[{{YourMileageMayVary}} can be interpreted]] as one giant sex-positive AuthorTract in response to [[{{TurnOfTheMillennium}} the reactionary time]] it was made in.

* {{True Art Is Offensive}}

* [=~So Bad It's Good~=]: Much of his earlier work is funny / relevant because it's made to be utterly un-watchable.