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The Pope of Trash himself John Waters joins Kyle Meredith to dive into his enduring holiday-themed spoken phrase excursions, his provocative tackle Christmas traditions, 1994’s Serial Mother, the unmade Liarmouth adaptation, and the irreverent artistry that’s outlined his profession. Hear above or wherever you get your podcasts.
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Waters, who has been delighting (and surprising) audiences together with his Christmas excursions for over a decade, guarantees recent materials yearly. (Get tickets to this December’s run of reveals right here!) His method combines biting social commentary with festive absurdity — this yr’s present reportedly consists of recommendation on “tips on how to discuss soiled utilizing solely Christmas phrases.” Ever irreverent, Waters embraces the normal in his personal subversive manner: “I don’t have a tree. I adorn the electrical chair from Feminine Bother.”
Waters continues to interrupt boundaries together with his work, most lately releasing a delightfully weird vacation single on Sub Pop Information. The B-side, “Punk Rock Christmas,” is a spoken phrase piece mixing his trademark wit with biting cultural critique, whereas the A-side, a canopy of The Singing Canines’ “Jingle Bells,” takes vacation kitsch to an absurd, joyful excessive. “It’s a music everybody hates, nevertheless it’s a success,” he jokes, reveling within the report’s audacious humor.
Regardless of his many artistic endeavors, Waters has confronted roadblocks together with his long-awaited movie adaptation of his novel Liarmouth. “Aubrey Plaza was able to star, I wrote the script, they usually cherished it,” he explains, however securing a funds has proved elusive. “Everybody mentioned no.” Waters, ever pragmatic, acknowledges that studio management modifications shortly, leaving room for hope that the challenge would possibly nonetheless see the sunshine of day. For now, although, he focuses on the initiatives which are thriving, his undiminished power fueling his excursions, recordings, and irreverent commentary on a world that wants it now greater than ever.
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