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Polyester (1981)

Directed by John Waters

Comedy

Most recently watched by lordofthemovies

Overview

Blessed with a keen sense of smell and cursed with a philandering pornographer husband, a parasitic mother, and a pair of delinquent children, the long-suffering Francine Fishpaw turns to the bottle as her life falls apart—until deliverance appears in the form of a hunk named Todd Tomorrow.

Rated R | Length 86 minutes

Actors

Divine | Tab Hunter | Edith Massey | David Samson | Mary Garlington | Ken King | Mink Stole | Joni Ruth White | Hans Kramm | Stiv Bators | Rick Breitenfeld | Michael Watson | Derek Neal | Jean Hill | Jim Hill | Mary Vivian Pearce | Sharon Niesp | Cookie Mueller | Marina Melin | Susan Lowe | Tom Diventi | George Hulse | Tony Parkham | Paul Holland | Alberto Panella | Frank Tamburo | Nancy Morgan | Keats Smith | Gordon Kamka | David Klein | George Stover | Steve Yeager | Marv Egoff | John De La Vega | Chuck Yeaton | George Udell | Mrs. Horner | Katie Casey | Gail Kondylas | Judith Klein | Alan Hauser | Garey Lambert | Lynda Lambert | Dorothy Braundy | George Figgs | Leo Braudy | Pat Figgs | Joan Insley | Sam Insley | Brook Yeaton | Jonah Klein | Kitty Samson | Stuart Rome | Paula Rome | Steve Waters | Treva Barnes | Sharon Waters | Anne Mallory | John Allen | Jay Allen | Tommy Allen | Hilary Aidus | Joan Erbe

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Viewing Notes

Since I’m woefully lacking on John Waters’ catalog I picked this off TCM Underground. This one has the “odorama” gimmick which of course you can’t do at home (unless you have the original scratch and sniff cards, I suppose). But it’s funny to see the number appear on screen at different times.

Story is absurd with some fun performances with Divine at the center. I’d love to see a retrospective in theater of John Waters films including this one.

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