{"id":40606,"date":"2018-05-25T11:23:09","date_gmt":"2018-05-25T18:23:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=40606"},"modified":"2021-01-24T17:56:23","modified_gmt":"2021-01-25T00:56:23","slug":"female-trouble-1974","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=40606","title":{"rendered":"Female Trouble (1974)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;We have a theory that crime enhances one&#8217;s beauty.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Female-Trouble-Poster.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Female-Trouble-Poster-203x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"203\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-40607\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Female-Trouble-Poster-203x300.jpg 203w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Female-Trouble-Poster-86x128.jpg 86w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Female-Trouble-Poster.jpg 675w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 203px) 100vw, 203px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nA former juvenile delinquent (Divine) is impregnated and promptly abandoned by a man (Divine) she hitches a ride with, then raises an insufferable daughter (Mink Stole) while surviving on her own as a prostitute and thief. After marrying a hairdresser (Michael Potter) whose aunt (Edith Massey) wishes he was gay, Divine is offered work as a model by hair salon owners (Mary Vivian Pearce and David Lochary) obsessed with capturing her unique &#8220;beauty&#8221; during criminal acts &#8212; but Divine soon becomes enraptured by her own fame, and loses all sight of reality.\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Black Comedy<\/li>\n<li>John Waters Films<\/li>\n<li>Kidnapping<\/li>\n<li>Mental Breakdown<\/li>\n<li>Models<\/li>\n<li>Rise-and-Fall<\/li>\n<li>Single Mothers<\/li>\n<li>Thieves and Criminals<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Response to Peary\u2019s Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nPeary writes that &#8220;John Waters&#8217;s wickedly funny cult film is a celebration of Crime and Beauty, both personified by Divine&#8221;. He notes that the &#8220;comedy contains child abuse, a hand being hacked off, acid thrown in Divine&#8217;s face (she&#8217;s told she looks better afterward): <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Female-Trouble-Divine.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Female-Trouble-Divine.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"846\" height=\"468\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-65698\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Female-Trouble-Divine.png 846w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Female-Trouble-Divine-300x166.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Female-Trouble-Divine-128x71.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Female-Trouble-Divine-768x425.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Female-Trouble-Divine-488x270.png 488w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 846px) 100vw, 846px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; rapes, a woman being kept in a cage, [and] attempted incest&#8221;, but that &#8220;the really bad taste is evident in Waters&#8217;s well-chosen costumes, hairdos, furniture, decor, and, of course, cast members.&#8221; He argues that while &#8220;the picture is not consistently funny, and&#8230; Waters goes too far too often&#8221;, he appreciates that &#8220;this is the picture in which Divine really broke loose&#8221;: she is &#8220;not only unique but genuinely hilarious &#8212; even doing a deadpan tumbling act that would have made the great silent comics proud.&#8221; I don&#8217;t share Peary&#8217;s fondness for this film, or for Divine&#8217;s performance, and don&#8217;t consider it &#8220;wickedly funny&#8221; at all &#8212; though I suppose I can see how its fans might. My favorite moment is when Stole finally finds peace with the Hare Krishnas &#8212; this is the first and only movie I&#8217;ve seen where joining that brainwashing cult is made to seem like a smart and life-affirming choice. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Female-Trouble-Stole.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Female-Trouble-Stole.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"846\" height=\"468\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-65697\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Female-Trouble-Stole.png 846w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Female-Trouble-Stole-300x166.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Female-Trouble-Stole-128x71.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Female-Trouble-Stole-768x425.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Female-Trouble-Stole-488x270.png 488w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 846px) 100vw, 846px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Typically outrageous and colorful sets, scenes, costumes, and make-up<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Female-Trouble-Still2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Female-Trouble-Still2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"846\" height=\"468\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-65696\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Female-Trouble-Still2.png 846w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Female-Trouble-Still2-300x166.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Female-Trouble-Still2-128x71.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Female-Trouble-Still2-768x425.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Female-Trouble-Still2-488x270.png 488w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 846px) 100vw, 846px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nNope; skip it unless you&#8217;re a Waters fan. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0072979\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.qnetwork.com\/review\/1009\">Q Network Review (scroll down to second review)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thespinningimage.co.uk\/cultfilms\/displaycultfilm.asp?reviewid=2464&#038;aff=13\">Spinning Image Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.combustiblecelluloid.com\/classic\/femtroub.shtml\">Combustible Celluloid Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;We have a theory that crime enhances one&#8217;s beauty.&#8221; Synopsis: A former juvenile delinquent (Divine) is impregnated and promptly abandoned by a man (Divine) she hitches a ride with, then raises an insufferable daughter (Mink Stole) while surviving on her own as a prostitute and thief. After marrying a hairdresser (Michael Potter) whose aunt (Edith Massey) wishes he was gay, Divine is offered work as a model by hair salon owners (Mary Vivian Pearce and David Lochary) obsessed with capturing&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=40606\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-40606","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-responses-to-peary"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40606","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=40606"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40606\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":65699,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40606\/revisions\/65699"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=40606"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=40606"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=40606"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}