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Role Models by John Waters

January 15, 2020 by andtheIToldYouSos 3 Comments

Oooh mama, this is not for the faint of heart! If you aren’t already a fan of John Waters and his coterie of misfits and outsiders then this is NOT the place to start! I first became aware of John Waters through the 1990 film Cry-Baby. It used to be on TV fairly frequently in the late 90s/early Aughts, and I would secretly watch bits and pieces of it when my parents weren’t in the room. I had the “flashback” button on the remote primed and […]

Filed Under: Audiobooks, Biography/Memoir, Non-Fiction Tagged With: art, Baltimore, counterculture, cult film, cults, drag, fashion, filth, John Waters, LGTBQ, Literature, outsider art, pornography, sex

andtheIToldYouSos's CBR12 Review No:6 · Genres: Audiobooks, Biography/Memoir, Non-Fiction · Tags: art, Baltimore, counterculture, cult film, cults, drag, fashion, filth, John Waters, LGTBQ, Literature, outsider art, pornography, sex ·
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Memoirs and Essays

Nice Try: Stories of Best Intentions and Mixed Results by Josh Gondelman

Trick Mirror: Reflections on Self-Delusion by Jia Tolentino

Baby Don't Hurt Me: Stories and Scars from Saturday Night Live by Chris Kattan

So, Anyway... by John Cleese

Burn the Place: A Memoir by Iliana Regan

Mr. Know-It-All: The Tarnished Wisdom of a Filth Elder by John Waters

December 9, 2019 by badkittyuno Leave a Comment

I apparently started this draft on 11/21 — time to catch up! (4 stars) Nice Try: Stories of Best Intentions and Mixed Results by Josh Gondelman I can’t figure out where I heard about this book — I thought it was on CBR but I can’t find any reviews. Anyway, I’d never heard of Josh Gondelman before picking up this book, but he turns out he’s damn funny. He used to write for Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, and also created the SeinfeldToday Twitter […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Comedy/Humor, Non-Fiction Tagged With: #john cleese, badkittyuno, Chris Kattan, Iliana Regan, Jia Tolentino, John Waters, Josh Gondelman

badkittyuno's CBR11 Review No:233 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Comedy/Humor, Non-Fiction · Tags: #john cleese, badkittyuno, Chris Kattan, Iliana Regan, Jia Tolentino, John Waters, Josh Gondelman ·
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