History YMMV / PinkFlamingos

* CrossesTheLineTwice: The whole movies takes it up to eleven. The "politics of filth" speech encapsulates the movie as a whole.

* CrossesTheLineTwice: The whole movies takes it UpToEleven. The "politics of filth" speech encapsulates the movie as a whole.

* ValuesDissonance: ZigZagged. The Marbles are guilty of much evil, but many modern viewers probably aren't bothered that they adopt out babies to lesbian couples. Seeing that the adoptive lesbians parents seem to be the most decent and grounded characters in the film, Waters may have been making a point about how ridiculous it would be to consider them inappropriate parents. Keep in mind, Waters and several other members of the cast and crew were homosexual or bisexual. Despite this, the babies were conceived via abduction and rape, something that is arguably even worse nowadays. Not to mention, the payments from the lesbian couples is used by the Marbles to finance heroin dealers who target inner-city elementary schools.

* SeinfeldIsUnfunny: When it was first released, the film's extensive use of [[GrossOutShow grossout humor]] and extreme BlackComedy was absolutely shocking to many people. While it's still a bit more explicit than most examples, the film probably isn't as shocking now since gross-out humor is to be expected with most comedies these days.

* ValuesDissonance: The Marbles are guilty of much evil, but many modern viewers probably aren't bothered that they adopt out babies to lesbian couples. Seeing that the adoptive lesbians parents seem to be the most decent and grounded characters in the film, Waters may have been making a point about how ridiculous it would be to consider them inappropriate parents. Keep in mind, Waters and several other members of the cast and crew were homosexual or bisexual. Despite this, the babies were conceived via abduction and rape, something that is arguably even worse nowadays. Not to mention, the payments from the lesbian couples is used by the Marbles to finance heroin dealers who target inner-city elementary schools.

* NeverLiveItDown: The infamous dog feces eating scene was this for Creator/DivineActor, as it led viewers to believe that he was a coprophile, when in fact he only did it because "it was in the script." Divine even called a hospital after filming, pretending to be a mother whose child just ate dog feces, just to make sure he wouldn't become ill. For the record, the worst that would've happened was him getting white worms.

%%* CrossesTheLineTwice: [[UpToEleven So many times that we've lost count]].

%%* CultClassic: One of the biggest to come out in the seventies.

* SoBadItsGood: Considering how the marketing seems to BRAG about the bad reviews, [[IntendedAudienceReaction this may have been what Waters was going for...]]

-> "Note: I am not giving a star rating to 'Pink Flamingos,' because stars simply seem not to apply. It should be considered not as a film but as a fact, or perhaps as an object."

* NeverLiveItDown: The infamous dog feces eating scene was this for Divine, as it led viewers to believe that he was a coprophile, when in fact he only did it because "it was in the script." Divine even called a hospital after filming, pretending to be a mother whose child just ate dog feces, just to make sure he wouldn't become ill. For the record, the worst that would've happened was him getting white worms.

* DancingBear: Many watch it only because of how ridiculous it is.

* CrossesTheLineTwice: [[UpToEleven So many times that we've lost count]].
* CultClassic: One of the biggest to come out in the seventies.

* EarWorm: "Wine! Wine! Wine! ... Wine! Wine! Wine!"

* WhatDoYouMeanItWasntMadeOnDrugs: Played with. Waters said he was high while ''writing'' it, but not while making it.
** On the other hand, he did say that, to save on catering, he gave everyone "some good speed" instead.
*** Also, during the party scene, Divine and a party guest are shown doing poppers.

* NeverLiveItDown: The infamous dog feces eating scene was this for Divine, as it led viewers to believe that he was a coprophile, when in fact he only did it because "it was in the script."
--> "[People think that] I run around doing it all the time. I've received boxes of dog shit – plastic dog shit. I have gone to parties where people just sit around and talk about dog shit because they think it's what I want to talk about"
* SeinfeldIsUnfunny: When it was first released, the film's extensive use of [[GrossOutShow grossout humor]] and extreme BlackComedy was absolutely shocking to many people. While it's still a bit more explicit than most examples, the film probably isn't as shocking now since grossout humor is to be expected with most comedies these days.

* CrossesTheLineTwice: Crosses the Line [[UpToEleven so Many Times That We've Lost Count]]

* [[CrossesTheLineTwice Crosses the Line]] [[UpToEleven so Many Times That We've Lost Count]]
* CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming: Admit it, Edie's relationship with the egg man is pretty adorable. [[spoiler: They even get married! Aww...]]

* CultClassic

* {{Squick}}: Possibly the greatest concentration of squick in the history of cinema.

* ValuesDissonance: The Marbles are guilty of much evil, but many modern viewers probably aren't bothered that they adopt out babies to lesbian couples. Seeing that the adoptive lesbians parents seem to be the most decent and grounded characters in the film, Waters may have been making a point about how ridiculous it would be to consider them inappropriate parents. Keep in mind, Waters and several other members of the cast and crew were homosexual or bisexual. Also keep in mind that the babies were conceived via abduction and rape. Not to mention, the payments from the lesbian couples is used by the Marbles to finance heroin dealers who target inner-city elementary schools.

* ValuesDissonance: The Marbles are guilty of much evil, but many modern viewers probably aren't bothered that they adopt out babies to lesbian couples.
** Seeing that the adoptive lesbians parents seem to be the most decent and grounded characters in the film, Waters may have been making a point about how ridiculous it would be to consider them inappropriate parents. Keep in mind, Waters and several other members of the cast and crew were homosexual or bisexual.
*** Also keep in mind that the babies were conceived via abduction and rape. Not to mention, the payments from the lesbian couples is used by the Marbles to finance heroin dealers who target inner-city elementary schools.

* NauseaFuel: The only purpose of this film. THE ONLY PURPOSE. In fact, screenings of the film even came with vomit bags. Waters has even gone on record saying the sound of barfing was the equivalent of a standing ovation.

* SeinfeldIsUnfunny: ''Pink Flamingos'' was one of the first films to feature extensive use of [[GrossOutShow grossout humor]] and extreme BlackComedy.
* SoBadItsGood: Considering how the marketing seems to BRAG about the bad reviews, this [[IntendedAudienceReaction may have been what Waters was going for...]]

* NeverLiveItDown: The infamous dog feces eating scene was this for Divine, as it led viewers to believe that she was a coprophile, when in fact she only did it because "it was in the script."

--> " [People think that] I run around doing it all the time. I've received boxes of dog shit – plastic dog shit. I have gone to parties where people just sit around and talk about dog shit because they think it's what I want to talk about"

--> "I run around doing it all the time. I've received boxes of dog shit – plastic dog shit. I have gone to parties where people just sit around and talk about dog shit because they think it's what I want to talk about"

* SeinfeldIsUnfunny: ''Pink Flamingos'' was one of the first films to feature extensive use of grossout humor and extreme BlackComedy.

* NauseaFuel: The only purpose of this film. THE ONLY PURPOSE. In fact, screenings of the film even came with vomit bags.

* SeinfeldIsUnfunny: ''Pink Flamingos'' was one of the first films to feature extensive use of grossout humor.

* NauseaFuel: The only purpose of this film. THE ONLY PURPOSE. In fact, screenings of the film came with vomit bags.

* NauseaFuel: The only purpose of this film. THE ONLY PURPOSE. Screenings of the film came with "Pink Flamingos" vomit bags.

* SoBadItsGood: Considering how the marketing seems to BRAG about the bad reviews, this may have been what Waters was going for...

*** Keep in mind that the babies were conceived via abduction and rape. Also, the payments from the lesbian couples is used by the Marbles to finance heroin dealers who target inner-city elementary schools.

* SoBadItsGood: Considering how the marketing seems to BRAG about the bad reviews, this seems to be what Waters was going for....

* WhatDoYouMeanItWasntMadeOnDrugs: Half-inverted. Waters said he was high while writing it, but not while making it.

*** Also, during the party scene, Divine and a party guest are shown doing poppers.