You're right. http://articles.baltimoresun.com/1991-01-16/news/9113000505_1_enchanted-forest-cry-baby-gosling
― Three Word Username, Friday, 21 September 2012 09:46 (eleven years ago) link
Back in high school, I told this girl I was making out with that I thought she looked like Ricki Lake. I meant the skinny Ricki Lake who hosted the talk show. I had not yet seen Hairspray or Crybaby.
― stURGEON & musKEY (how's life), Friday, 21 September 2012 11:41 (eleven years ago) link
Ricki Lake in John Waters' films >>>>>>>>>> talk show Ricki Lake
― emil.y, Friday, 21 September 2012 11:53 (eleven years ago) link
My compliment was inept either way, but I got some very definite feedback at the time about telling a girl she looked like Ricki Lake and which version of Ricki Lake she presumed me to mean. The makeouts diminished significantly.
― stURGEON & musKEY (how's life), Friday, 21 September 2012 12:01 (eleven years ago) link
Yeah, I'm fairly sure going "but, uh, fat Ricki is way cooler" would not really help anybody's cause. Oh well.
― emil.y, Friday, 21 September 2012 12:04 (eleven years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.
― System, Saturday, 22 September 2012 00:01 (eleven years ago) link
this guy is awesome but i wish i liked his movies more.― (The Other) J.D. (J.D.), Wednesday, September 19, 2012 3:08 AM (3 days ago) Bookmark
― (The Other) J.D. (J.D.), Wednesday, September 19, 2012 3:08 AM (3 days ago) Bookmark
^^^ this. i'd rather re-read his interview in butt magazine that watch these films. If serial mom is one of his best i'd loathe to see one of the lesser ones. that film is completely inept and unfunny.
― jed_, Saturday, 22 September 2012 00:13 (eleven years ago) link
tbh i would attend a JW-curated fashion show or photography exhibit over watching his films any day of the week, tho I still like him OK as a director.
― Broney, Pt. 1 (Pillbox), Saturday, 22 September 2012 01:03 (eleven years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― System, Sunday, 23 September 2012 00:01 (eleven years ago) link
good turnout!
― EZ Snappin, Sunday, 23 September 2012 00:03 (eleven years ago) link
Surprised Cry-Baby had a pretty weak showing. Also, my late-period reclamation film is Cecil B. Demented, which nobody seemed to rep for as hard as Serial Mom, which I think is good, but not as good as CBD.
― emil.y, Sunday, 23 September 2012 00:39 (eleven years ago) link
i love cecil b demented and got a signed copy for my birthday (after my parents ran into him @ borders)
― NASCAR, surfing, raising chickens, owning land (zachlyon), Sunday, 23 September 2012 01:27 (eleven years ago) link
Will rep for basically every single one of his films of his except Hairspray (doesn't need my help) and A Dirty Shame (doesn't deserve it).
― Ham Lushbaugh (Eric H.), Sunday, 23 September 2012 04:50 (eleven years ago) link
Don't watch this again if you haven't seen multiple maniacs because seeing this in context as the climactic scene is what makes it the best of all of his many great films who wants to die for art
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_mPUVciF6TE
― Milton Parker, Sunday, 23 September 2012 05:08 (eleven years ago) link
And by again I mean AGAIN
― Milton Parker, Sunday, 23 September 2012 05:11 (eleven years ago) link
Ha, I liked "A dirty shame", it was so tasteless and stupid and amazing. The closing scene when the trees start turning into genitals and the dancers on the street spell out "SEX" felt charming in this old-school version of risqué.
― whiter than... this? (Ówen P.), Sunday, 23 September 2012 13:04 (eleven years ago) link
Yeah, I was quite partial to A Dirty Shame too, though it suffers from the Tracy Ullman on a film screen problem...
― Pete, Sunday, 23 September 2012 15:45 (eleven years ago) link
I've got a ticket for this on the weekend:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJqw0hTAhXY
Maybe John Waters will show up.
― clemenza, Monday, 27 May 2013 23:03 (eleven years ago) link
Very entertaining, very moving at times. Funniest moment: the juxtaposition of something Divine's mom says with the ending of Multiple Maniacs.
― clemenza, Sunday, 2 June 2013 02:01 (eleven years ago) link
I'm pretty sure it's the actual Enchanted Forest in Ellicott City. Also, zachlyon: my wife reports that not everything had made it out to the farm yet, so it's possible that suburban youth still make pilgrimages to drink 40s (or 4Loko, these days) among the thorny brambles and derelict amusements.― stURGEON & musKEY (how's life), Friday, September 21, 2012 4:54 AM (1 year ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― stURGEON & musKEY (how's life), Friday, September 21, 2012 4:54 AM (1 year ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
R.I.P.
http://ellicottcity.patch.com/groups/around-town/p/former-enchanted-forest-site-being-cleared?a_dgi=aolshare_facebook
― how's life, Wednesday, 30 October 2013 23:08 (ten years ago) link
also in 2004: watched 'female trouble' to console myself on election night
― TOP FEMALE LAWYER & CARTOONIST FOR 2011: (donna rouge), Tuesday, September 18, 2012 10:02 PM (five years ago) Bookmark
I just watched Female Trouble and found it oddly comforting in our current florid hellscape
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Sunday, 12 August 2018 18:39 (five years ago) link
my favorite has always been Serial Mom, but you can't fuck with the consecutive run of Multiple Maniacs, Pink Flamingoes, Female Trouble, and Desperate Living.
― flappy bird, Sunday, 12 August 2018 20:24 (five years ago) link