History Film / PinkFlamingos

The film that launched Creator/JohnWaters as the world's leading authority on bad taste, ''Pink Flamingos'' is a 1972 transgressive comedy starring Creator/{{Divine|Actor}}, David Lochary, Mink Stole, Edith Massey, Danny Mills, and Mary Vivian Pearce. It follows the adventures of [[TheDanza Divine]] (living under the alias of Babs Johnson), a [[FatBastard fat]], style-obsessed criminal who lives in a trailer with her mentally ill mother Edie, her delinquent son Crackers, and her traveling companion Cotton. Divine, however, is furious when a pair of perverts, Raymond and Connie Marble, try to steal her title of "filthiest person alive." HilarityEnsues.

-->'''Cotton:''' Let's move to Boise, I always wanted to go there!
-->'''Babs Johnson:''' Boise, Cotton? Why, that might not be a bad place!
-->'''Crackers:''' Were you ever there?
-->'''Cotton:''' Only once, we robbed a transit bus there, remember?
-->'''Babs Johnson:''' [[NoodleImplements I remember, the number 42!]]

--->'''Reporter:''' Divine, are you a lesbian?
--->'''Babs:''' Yes, I have done everything!
--->'''Reporter:''' Does blood turn you on?
--->'''Babs:''' It does more than turn me on, Mr. Vader, it makes me cum! And more than the sight of it, I love the taste of it, the taste of hot freshly killed blood!
--->'''Reporter:''' Could you give us some of your political beliefs?
--->'''Babs:''' Kill everyone now! Condone first degree murder! [[ImAHumanitarian Advocate cannibalism!]] [[{{Foreshadowing}} Eat shit!]] Filth are my politics, filth is my life!

* RefugeInAudacity

* BloodyHilarious

* {{Camp}}

* EvilVsEvil

* ExploitationFilm
* TheFamilyThatSlaysTogether
* FanDisservice
* FatBastard: Divine
* FauxAffablyEvil: Both [[VillainProtagonist Divine]] and [[{{Jerkass}} Connie & Raymond]]

* {{Gorn}}

* GrossUpCloseUp: The singing asshole, among others.
* HatesBeingTouched: Cotton.

* KangarooCourt: [[LampshadeHanging Described as such]].

* RedOniBlueOni: Connie and Raymond.

* RichBitch: Connie Marble

* TarAndFeathers

* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Edie and eggs.

* AccompliceByInaction: The three tabloid reporters certainly could have stopped Divine's execution of the Marbles, or at least called the police. However, [[ImAHumanitarian considering what happened to the last group of cops that were called to the trailer]] (and the fact that Divine threatens to kill and eat one reporter's wife and child if he doesn't report the execution), it was probably the best option not to do anything. [[UnusuallyUninterestingSight Not that they seem too horrified by it.]]

-->-- '''Creator/{{Divine|
Actor}}'''

The film that launched Creator/JohnWaters as the world's leading authority on bad taste, ''Pink Flamingos'' is a 1972 transgressive comedy starring Divine, David Lochary, Mink Stole, Edith Massey, Danny Mills, and Mary Vivian Pearce. It follows the adventures of [[TheDanza Divine]] (living under the alias of Babs Johnson), a [[FatBastard fat]], style-obsessed criminal who lives in a trailer with her mentally ill mother Edie, her delinquent son Crackers, and her traveling companion Cotton. Divine, however, is furious when a pair of perverts, Raymond and Connie Marble, try to steal her title of "filthiest person alive." HilarityEnsues.

-->-- '''Divine'''

* BeserkButton: Despite being the filthiest person alive, the Marbles sending Babs a turd is the last straw.

* ParentalIncest: "Do my balls, mama!"

As usual, you can find the basics at [[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0069089/combined IMDB.]]

* AccompliceByInaction: The three tabloid reporters certainly could have stopped Divine's execution of the Marbles, or at least called the police. However, [[ImAHumanitarian considering what happened to the last group of cops that were called to the trailer]], (and the fact that Divine threatens to kill and eat one reporter's wife and child if he doesn't report the execution), it was probably the best option not to do anything. [[UnusuallyUninterestingSight Not that they seem too horrified by it.]]

* AccompliceByInaction: The three tabloid reporters certainly could have stopped Divine's execution of the Marbles, or at least called the police. However, [[ImAHumanitarian considering what happened to the last group of cops that were called to the trailer]], (and the fact that Divine threatens to kill and eat one reporter's wife and child if he doesn't report the killings), it was probably the best option not to do anything. [[UnusuallyUninterestingSight Not that they seem too horrified by it.]]

* WorldOfHam

* DeathByInaction: The three tabloid reporters certainly could have stopped Divine's execution of the Marbles, or at least called the police. However, [[ImAHumanitarian considering what happened to the last group of cops that were called to the trailer]], (and the fact that Divine threatens to kill and eat one reporter's wife and child if he doesn't report the killings), it was probably the best option not to do anything. [[UnusuallyUninterestingSight Not that they seem too horrified by it.]]

* DeathByInaction: The three tabloid reporters certainly could have stopped Divine's execution of the Marbles, or at least called the police. However, [[ImAHumanitarian considering what happened to the last group of cops that were called to the trailer]], (and the fact that Divine threatens to kill and eat one reporter's wife and child if he doesn't report the killings), it was probably the best option not to do anything. [[UnusuallyUnintrestingSight Not that they seem too horrified by it.]]

* {{Transsexual}}: One of the women that Raymond exposes his penis to flashes hers back.

* AssholeVictim: Babs' sentences the Marbles to death for "asshole-ism", making this the UrExample of the trope.

->''"Where do these people come from? Where do they go when the sun goes down? Isn’t there a law or something?"''
-->-- '''Rex Reed''' in his review, [[InsultBackfire which was put on the official movie poster]]

** In his stand-up special, ''This Filthy World'', he claimed that he showed the film to a group of prisoners, when he was teaching a class in prison (emphasizing that many of them were murderers), and they all declared it one of the sickest things they'd ever been exposed to.

** In his Stand-up Comedy routine, This Filthy World, he claims that he showed the film to a group of prisoners, when he was teaching a class in prison (emphasizing that many of them were murderers), and they all declared it one of the sickest things they'd ever been exposed to.

--->'''Babs:''' It does more than turn me on, Mr. Vader, it makes me come! And more than the sight of it, I love the taste of it, the taste of hot freshly killed blood!

* ImAHumanitarian

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