Role Models
by John Waters
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Author: John WatersEdition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2010-05-25
ISBN: 0374251479
Number of pages: 320
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
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- ISBN13: 9780374251475
- Condition: New
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Book Review: A Real Disappointment for This Reader
Summary: 2 Stars
I adore anything John Waters. So I am going to blame Terry Gorss ("Fresh Air," NPR) because this is the third time during the past few weeks that I have purchased books after listening to the authors being interviewed by Terry Gross and then found myself disappointed. But I can't blame Ms. Gross.
The voice of John Waters permeates this book, a very loose memoir. So that part is wonderful. And the concept is great: the reader expects to meet a variety of "role models" in Mr. Waters' amazing life, one that has pushed limits when limits needed to be pushed. I found the opening chapter, "Johnny [Mathis] and Me," entertaining even though John Waters hardly knows Johnny Mathis. But it served well as a contrast of two big names in the entertainment business from the same generation--my generation. And then I loved "The Kindness of Strangers," the next and much-too-short chapter about how Tennessee Williams--whom John Waters never met, only saw briefly at the Pier House in Key West--served apparently as another of his role models although I wasn't quite sure how except, like me, Mr. Waters adores the work of Tennessee Williams. But then came nearly fifty pages of "Leslie," one of the Charles Manson group of killers. It was a chore getting through the chapter, mainly because it is so random, so disconnected. So the author knew Leslie when she was in prison. Knowing Leslie apparently gave the filmmaker an opportunity to defend some of his movies. I don't think John Waters has to defend anything he has produced. And now through this she-turned-out-to-be-a-good-prisoner murderer. And the rest of the book--I'll admit I skimmed a lot--just got more swampy.
As I said, the writing--the syntax--is so good, so John Waters. But this is not the book I thought I was hearing about on "Fresh Air." Oh well... Anyone want a free book?
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