The films cemented Waters's status as a cult favorite and continue to play at college campuses and art house theaters to this day. These films showcased poor taste, obscene cinema, and transformative approaches to politics, gender, and art. Waters broke through to national acclaim with his "trash trio," Pink Flamingos (1972), Female Trouble (1974), and Desperate Living (1977). The Dreamlanders would include his diva and partner-in-film, Divine, who would go on to star in Waters's most familiar works. His cast of actors, the Dreamlanders, were featured in every subsequent film. His first shorts such as Hag in a Black Leather Jacket and Mondo Trasho demonstrated an innate talent at capturing the hideous and crude and elevating it to art. Waters began making films in his hometown of Baltimore in 1964. 1946) has worked at the forefront of American cinema for nearly forty years. As a film director, artist, and personality, John Waters (b.
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