John Waters may not have written or directed a new film in 15 years, but the multi-faceted artist and queer icon – crowned “The Pope of Trash” for his transgressive cult movies like Pink Flamingos (1972), Female Trouble (1974) and Polyester (1981) – is always up to something.
A retrospective of his visual arts career, titled Indecent Exposure, was exhibited in his native Baltimore in 2018. He’s also a prolific writer, with his fourth book in the last decade, Mr. Know-It-All: The Tarnished Wisdom of a Filth Elder, released in the UK this September…