Polyester Summary
MPAA Rating: R
Director: John Waters
Genres: Comedy
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After making a name for himself with such underground gross-out epics as Pink_Flamingos and Desperate_Living, director John_Waters made a bid for somewhat wider acceptance with this black comedy, which is sedate only by the standards of his previous work. Francine Fishpaw (Divine) is a housewife whose life has become a living hell. Her husband Elmer (David_Samson) runs a porno theater (currently showing the classic My Burning Bush) and is having an affair with secretary Sandra (Mink_Stole), a vision of sleaze in Bo_Derek-style cornrow braids who informs Elmer, "Children would only get in the way of our erotic lifestyle!" Francine has two teenage children, Dexter (Ken_King), who likes to sniff glue and stomp on women's feet, and Lulu (Mary_Garlington), a brazen slut who hangs out with overage juvenile delinquent Bobo (Stiv_Bators) and gleefully anticipates her next abortion. Francine's best friend, Cuddles (Edith_Massey), is a slightly insane heiress who is somehow convinced she's a debutante. Francine's life has become so miserable that her dog commits suicide rather than witness it, but a light appears on the horizon -- Todd Tomorrow (Tab_Hunter), the handsome and dashing owner of a local drive-in specializing in art films (their current bill is a Margurerite_Duras triple feature), with whom Dawn enters into a torrid affair. Subversive on all fronts, Polyester was originally shown in "Odorama" (patrons were given a card with ten scratch-and-sniff patches, to be smelled at key points in the action) and featured a romantic theme song sung by that new hitmaking duo, Deborah_Harry and Bill_Murray. Mark Deming, Rovi
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