Episode 43 – Polyester (1981)

A woman with runny, tearstained eyeliner.

“Indie Month” closes with a look at John Waters’ breakthrough film Polyester, an homage to the “women’s films” of the 1950s by directors like Douglas Sirk. We talk about kitsch, the suburbs, and Mary gets to gloat.

Episode 43 – Polyester (1981) Mary Versus the Movies

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