As journalist Matt Baume finds, the 'Hairspray' filmmaker and his muse's influence is still seen in Disney's 'Little Mermaid' villain, Ursula, and on Broadway.
Baume, author of the 2015 book, “,” said he believes Waters and Divine’s impact on family entertainment ― while seemingly at odds with their subversive legacies ― stems from a shared “vision of a world where honesty is valued above all else.”
“Waters’ films have an unlikely morality hidden beneath all the sex and cannibalism,” Baume said. “The real heroes are the ones who are unashamed to be their true selves. Strange as it seems, the word that I keep coming back to when trying to describe his movies is ‘wholesome.’” He added: “Who could have guessed that the road to such pleasant entertainment could have originated with a bunch of amateur films that were so trashy, sleazy, and queer that the crew got arrested in the middle of filming one of them?”
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