"Hello? What number are you calling? You've dialed the wrong number! Sorry!? What good is that? How can you ever repay the last thirty seconds you have stolen from my life? I hate you, your husband, your children, and your relatives!"
I do think there is some value to this movie, just like I think there are some absolutely hysterical parts. But, there is also a fair amount of nudity and overblown sexual scenarios (though all of them are played for laughs); a fair amount of violence; a scene where a real baby is put in a refrigerator; and a few moments of gross out comedy- like excessive blood/ vomit/ bodily fluids... Even writing that all down, I feel a little strange proclaiming that this film does have some artistic worth, but it does. In terms of unique directorial voice this film is incredible; it's a cliché to say I've seen nothing like it, but in this case it's absolutely true. It's an absurdist surreal attack on class divide and fascism- it's a political statement that incorporates lowbrow humor to make its point even more apparent. More than that, it comes with Waters' trademark one-liners that pop up so frequently it's hard to keep up with the jokes.
Review of Desperate Living
