Sleaze queen Divine lives in a caravan with her mad hippie son Crackers and her 250-pound mother Mama Edie, trying to rest quietly on their laurels as “the filthiest people alive.”
But competition is brewing in the form of Connie and Raymond Marble, who sell heroin to schoolchildren and kidnap and impregnate female hitchhikers, selling the babies to lesbian couples. Finally, they challenge Divine directly, and battle commences…
Even among John Waters’ controversial filmography, Pink Flamingos stands out as a production that pushes, and then gleefully exceeds, the boundaries of good taste. Not for the faint of heart – or stomach – it is beloved by fans of filmic filth.
Event/ Join us for a celebration of John Waters, presented in partnership with SCENE. The Filthiest Carnival Alive comes to HOME, featuring drag queens, performers and attractions inspired by the films of “The Pope of Trash.”