Waters has a ridiculous mustache, not ugly nor beautiful, that lends the words coming out of his mouth a dramatic quality. I am confused about the comment "something that is pretty and beautiful is probably the worst thing you could say today." He thinks "angry" art is beautiful, so is he suggesting that beautiful art is a work that makes us laugh or cry or look harder? He acknowledges that his works don't shock people anymore, not because of the words or the themes, but because they expect it.
In "why you should watch filth" he describes the anti-gay evangelists as "bait", meaning that if you are stunned and follow their every word, then they win, in a sense. His work is also "bait" if you feel that everything he is saying is true. The only difference I see is that he isn't taking a stand against anything, but FOR intellectual thought about his work.
I like his sense of humor. He takes his opinion seriously, but if you did, I think he would change it just for shock value. Life is boring and John Waters finds ways to make it less so.
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