For a while this was John Waters classiest film. That's a compliment. Mink Stole and her morbidly obese maid Grizelda flee town after killing Stole's husband. They end up in Mortville, a seedy, trash strewn town ruled by the grotesque Queen Carlotta (the brilliant Edith Massey). They also run into Liz Renay (as Muffy St. Jacques) and the angry Mole, who's desperate for a sex change and heads to none other than Johns Hopkins to get that ball rolling. Needless to say, her new appendage does not meet with a pleasurable fate. Stole gives an absurd performance that should have received Academy recognition and Jean Hill (as Grizelda) is hilarious. The film is insane, a lot of fun and featuring some pretty savvy opening titles.
Review of Desperate Living
