Full name: Shock Value: A Tasteful Book About Bad Taste

Author: John Waters Year: 1981 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Movies, Non Fiction, Humor, Memoirs Purchase/reserch links: LibraryThing Goodreads Amazon ISBNs: 9781560256984 1560256982

To me, bad taste is what entertainment is all about. If someone vomits watching one of my films, it's like getting a standing ovation. Thus begins John Waters's autobiography. And what a story it is. Opening with his upbringing in Baltimore ("Charm City" as dubbed by the tourist board; the "hairdo capital of the world" as dubbed by Waters), it covers his friendship with his muse and leading lady, Divine, detailed accounts of how Waters made his first movies, stories of the circle of friends/actors he used in these films, and finally the "sort-of fame" he achieves in America. Complementing the text are dozens of fabulous old photographs of Waters and crew. Here is a true love letter from a legendary filmmaker to his friends, family, and fans. Similar books: It's Only a Movie by Mark Kermode How I Made a Hundred Movies in Hollywood and Never Lost a Dime by Roger Corman Make Trouble by John Waters Role Models by John Waters Crackpot by John Waters The Disaster Artist by Greg Sestero My Squirrel Days by Ellie Kemper Silver Screen Fiend by Patton Oswalt Hatchet Job by Mark Kermode A Killer Life by Christine Vachon The Magic Lantern by Ingmar Bergman Groucho And Me by Groucho Marx Which Lie Did I Tell? by William Goldman Official Book Club Selection by Kathy Griffin Rebel without a Crew by Robert Rodriguez With Nails by Richard E. Grant Kitchen Confidential by Anthony Bourdain Dry by Augusten Burroughs The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid by Bill Bryson Let's Pretend This Never Happened by Jenny Lawson