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Desperate Living

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Desperate Living
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NR,1hr 30min
Genre:
Comedy
Release:
1977
Director:
John Waters
Distributor:
New Line Home Video
Starring:
Liz Renay, Mink Stole, Susan Lowe  ...more
Synopsis: Divine was touring as a cabaret singer when director John Waters made this comedy of the grotesque, but he filled the void admirably with the equally rotund Jean Hill and burlesque-queen Liz Renay. The film tells the story of Peggy Gravel (Mink Stole), a mad housewife who kills her husband then goes on the lam with her 300-pound maid Grizelda (Hill). After being sexually accosted by a lewd, cross-dressing cop with gingivitis, the women are directed to Mortville, a shanty-town for fugitive criminals ... Full Synopsis
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Fred Beldin, AMG Review
John Waters' best films tend to revolve around alternative families, groups of misfits bound together either, despite, or because of their grotesque lifestyles and antisocial attitudes. His usual leading "lady," Divine, brought curious touches of sweetness and humanity to odious roles as homicidal matriarchs in such trash epics as Multiple Maniacs and Pink Flamingos. Without Divine's jubilant presence, ... Full Review
Featured Cast
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Liz Renay
Muffy St. Jacques
Mink Stole
Peggy Gravel
Susan Lowe
Mole McHenry
Edith Massey
Queen Carlotta
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