Female Trouble
1974, NC-17, 89 min.
D: John Waters; with Divine, Edith Massey, David Lochary.

John Waters’ follow-up to his groundbreaking commercial success with Pink Flamingos was this over-the-top melodrama starring Divine in a tour-de-force performance as Dawn Davenport, a girl who leaves home when she doesn’t get the cha-cha heels she wanted for Christmas. The film also stars most of the Waters’ corps of regulars, including Edith Massey, who manages to top(less) her turn as Flamingos distinctive Egg Lady.

This article appears in May 24 • 2002.

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Marjorie Baumgarten is a film critic and contributing writer at The Austin Chronicle, where she has worked in many capacities since the paper's founding in 1981. She served as the Chronicle's Film Reviews editor for 25 years.