![]() Turner throws herself into the title role with gleeful abandon, showcasing physical and vocal comedy talents that would have merited serious Oscar attention in a fairer world. Nowadays, Serial Mom is deservedly hailed as a classic, and one of the most outrageously quotable movies in his repertoire. But it was considered a box office bomb on release, and like most of his movies, it was a slow-burner that took several years of late-night TV screenings and VHS rentals to gradually build an audience. Best known for low-budget cult comedies, Serial Mom was one of his most overtly commercial efforts, with established actors largely replacing the cast of drag queens and misfits who populated his earlier works. Not only are his movies iconic in their own right, they’re a constant reference point for the queer creatives who came after him.ĭespite this legacy, Waters never really had a major box office hit in his own right. As we touched on in last week’s episode, the films of John Waters continue to exert a huge influence over modern LGBTQIA+ filmmaking. ![]()
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