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John Waters

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Filmmaker whose advice about stopping hating your parents when you turn 30 is referenced in a discussion about loving but not respecting parents.

Mentions (21)
"Most English people are out of a John Waters movie and can't even read or write, they're not supreme over you."
Woke Irish people · u/SuspectEquivalent504 · ↑264 · 2024-09-28
"Talked with John Waters, Steven Van Zandt, and David Rasche (very chill). Locked eyes with Scorsese, Fran Lebowitz and Michael Imperioli."
New Scorsese giving Malick a run for his money · u/worldendswithu · ↑152 · 2023-09-29
"Part of me wants to attribute this heightened self-awareness to just being a little precocious homosexual boy with an inherent appreciation for artifice and art, the outrageous, a la John Waters."
"Then after the set Nick fucking Zedd offered him a drink and said that one of John Water's friends needed a cameraman for a music video."
I get the feeling I came in at the end. · u/SecretWasianMan · ↑136 · 2025-11-11
"10. Billy Eichner and all the Hollywood power gays except David Sedaris & John Waters"
My least favorite people 2022 · rihannanavy1994 · ↑111 · 2022-12-29
"I dunno, It's like what John Waters said, being gay was much more fun when it was illegal. There's something to be said about how removing the illicit nature of something opens it up to exploitation on a grander scale."
"Dennis Cooper, John Waters, Yukio Mishima, Bret Easton Ellis, Chuck Palahniuk, Gregg Araki, Ryan Murphy, Samuel Delany, Douglas P., Peter Sotos It seems like a thing. Who am I missing?"
The Dark Gay Sensibility · u/cleanslice1911 · ↑72 · 2025-09-20
"He's like a mix of John Waters and Pee-Wee Herman. He's looking good!"
Vince McMahon's new look · u/Twofinches · ↑62 · 2024-01-27
"Is John Waters the coolest gay dude of all time? Only guy I can think even comes close is Oscar Wilde."
Is John Waters the coolest gay dude of all time? · u/420bish69 · ↑61 · 2021-07-10
"First, the John Waters interview took place at a film festival funded by Thiel."
Thiel-bucks · u/Cxmq · ↑56 · 2024-12-19
"John Waters narrates this early Salton Sea-sploitation documentary about SoCal's great mistake of a lake."
"We used to be a nation of real Johns. John Browns, John Waters, Johnny Knoxvilles shooting ourselves out of cannons breaking through the status quo."
The Gospel of John · mrmojovibin · ↑40 · 2022-07-01
"Also annoyed because my mother incessantly quoted that John Waters line ("if you go back to someone's place and they don't have books, don't fuck them") when I was a teenager — just because they have books doesn't mean they read them!"
Do your romantic partners read? · c00x00c · ↑36 · 2021-04-16
"At least I took John Waters' advice and stopped hating them when I turned 30, it is regarded to hate your parents if they at least tried and weren't, like, beating you or some shit."
Love but no respect for your parents? · u/ToTheFinlandStation · ↑34 · 2023-09-17
"She really was high camp, like a John Waters character trapped in a Thomas Kinkade painting."
Remember Michele Bachmann · u/by_doze_is_bleedimg · ↑28 · 2024-10-08
"Dennis Cooper, John Waters, Yukio Mishima, Bret Easton Ellis, Chuck Palahniuk, Gregg Araki, Ryan Murphy, Samuel Delany, Douglas P., Peter Sotos"
The Dark Gay Sensibility · u/cleanslice1911 · ↑72 · 2025-09-20
"He's like a mix of John Waters and Pee-Wee Herman."
Vince McMahon's new look · u/Twofinches · ↑62 · 2024-01-27
"Is John Waters the coolest gay dude of all time?"
Is John Waters the coolest gay dude of all time? · u/420bish69 · ↑61 · 2021-07-10
"John Waters narrates this early Salton Sea-sploitation documentary"
"At least I took John Waters' advice and stopped hating them when I turned 30"
Love but no respect for your parents? · u/ToTheFinlandStation · ↑34 · 2023-09-17
"She really was high camp, like a John Waters character trapped in a Thomas Kinkade painting."
Remember Michele Bachmann · u/by_doze_is_bleedimg · ↑28 · 2024-10-08
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