Summary
No one celebrity is so closely tied to Baltimore as filmmaker John Waters. Dubbed the "Pope of Trash" by William Burroughs, Waters has brought his eccentric and anti-establishment vision of his hometown to the screen starting with his high school film "Hag in a Black Leather Jacket." Cult, X-rated classics such as "Pink Flamingos" and "Female Trouble" followed, but it was "Hairspray" that brought Waters mainstream attention. "Hairspray" explores 1960s racial segregation through the eyes of a chubby teen-age girl who wants to star on a local dan...
No one celebrity is so closely tied to Baltimore as filmmaker John Waters. Dubbed the "Pope of Trash" by William Burroughs, Waters has brought his eccentric and anti-establishment vision of his hometown to the screen starting with his high school film "Hag in a Black Leather Jacket." Cult, X-rated classics such as "Pink Flamingos" and "Female Trouble" followed, but it was "Hairspray" that brought Waters mainstream attention. "Hairspray" explores 1960s racial segregation through the eyes of a chubby teen-age girl who wants to star on a local dance show. Tracy Turnblad, played by Ricki Lake in the original 1988 film, gets the show -- and the guy -- and champions racial issues with the help of her over-protective mother, Edna, played in drag by Waters' friend and frequent star Divine. In 2002, the film was made into a hit Broadway musical starring Harvey Fierstein as Edna, and in 2007, the musical was adapted into another film starring John Travolta, Nikki Blonsky and Zac Efron. Waters' 1990 movie musical "Cry-Baby" may follow in "Hairspray's" footsteps. The musical adaptation opened in California in November 2007 before heading to Broadway in spring 2008. Set in the 1950s, the film starred Johnny Depp as a juvenile delinquent who falls for a good girl ("square"). In addition to being a filmmaker, Waters is a photographer who exhibits at galleries nationwide.
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Lithuanian fans present Baltimore with statue of Frank Zappa
The Baltimore Sun"What's new in Baltimore?" Frank Zappa used to sing at the end of a long, characteristically off-the-wall rock jam he called "Clowns on Velvet." What's new in Baltimore, the city in which the late rock star was born in 1940, is evidently a public...Tags: Rock and Roll Music, Death and Dying, Sculpture, Monuments and Heritage Sites, Classical Music
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Frank Zappa's widow supports plans for Baltimore bust
Frank Zappa's widow is on board with plans for a bust of the eccentric rocker in his hometown of Baltimore. Gail Zappa tells The Associated Press that she supports the project, which was spearheaded by Zappa fans from Lithuania. Baltimore's public art...Tags: Frank Zappa, Edgar Allan Poe, Upton Sinclair
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City to accept Frank Zappa statue
Sun reporter"What's new in Baltimore?" Frank Zappa used to sing at the end of a long, characteristically off-the-wall rock jam he called Clowns on Velvet. What's new in Baltimore, the city in which the late rock star was born in 1940, is evidently a public sculpture...Tags: Photography, History, Country Music, Death and Dying, Monuments and Heritage Sites
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Bust of Frank Zappa to be erected in city
Sun reporter"What's new in Baltimore?" Frank Zappa used to sing at the end of a long, characteristically off-the-wall rock jam he called Clowns on Velvet. What's new in Baltimore, the city in which the late rock star was born in 1940, is evidently a public sculpture...Tags: Sculpture, Regional Authority, Death and Dying, Frank Zappa, Sheila Dixon
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Films, talks on tap for today at Maryland Film Festival
The Maryland Film Festival 2008 continues today. Here are some highlights from today's first full day of screenings: • Patrick Creadon's I.O.U.S.A., from Baltimore-based Agora Entertainment, offers a primer on why deficit spending may ruin this...Tags: Film Festivals, Festive Event, Charles Theatre, Maryland Film Festival, New York Times
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Muhlenberg grad sings in 'South Pacific' ensemble
Special to The Morning CallSince graduating from Muhlenberg College in 2005, actor George Psomas has been very lucky in a field where luck is the exception and hard knocks the rule. Almost immediately upon moving to New York City, Psomas got his Equity Card for a job with the Arts...Tags: Dance, Racism, Culture, Music Theater, Broadway
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Critics' picks for reel experience
Here are some recommendations: Friday Getting the lowdown on the U.S.' increasingly desperate financial straits may not seem an appropriately celebratory way to kick off the first full day of 2008 festival-going. But Patrick Creadon's I.O.U.S.A. (11:30 a....Tags: Organized Crime, Film Festivals, Ethics, Festive Event, Values
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Maryland Film Festival schedule highlights
Thursday8:30 p.m. // Opening-night shorts program, MICA Brown Center Friday11 a.m. // Shorts program: documentaries, Charles Theatre 4 11:30 a.m. // I.O.U.S.A., Charles Theater 1 noon // My Effortless Brilliance, Charles Theatre 5 1:30 p.m. //...Tags: Mysteries, Film Festivals, Medicine, Maryland Film Festival, Charles Theatre
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OFF THE WALL
POP CULTURE PORN. It seems impossible now, but a XXX-rated film became a must-see cultural sensation among the cognescenti of the '70s. The documentary "Inside Deep Throat" (midnight, Sundance) explores the sexual-revolution phenomenon of intellectuals...Tags: Culture, Norman Mailer, Hugh Hefner
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Competitors no match for 'South Pacific's' visual sweep
Tribune criticNEW YORK—The harmonic Seabees warbling "There is Nothing Like a Dame" at the start of Bart Sher's Lincoln Center revival of Rodgers and Hammerstein's "South Pacific" include whites and African-Americans. Nothing unusual there. It took decades, but...Tags: Bodies of Water, Rivers, Music Theater, Minority Groups, Broadway
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