Wow, just wow. This film just left me speechless, I am not really sure what to say about this.

I cannot remember watching a film, especially in this class. Where I walked away with so much confusion and disgust. I am, a guy who likes inappropriate jokes that are a little edgy, but this film pushes even my limits. The comedian Daniel Tosh once said, “Sometimes I cross my own line, it’s how I know that I still have one.” This is how I felt after watching Pink Flamingos I feel as if I now know where my line is because this film crossed it. At the end, Professor Schlegel was looking for reactions and I felt so unsure. So many films I have watched, I Would go back and watch again. This is not one of those films. I could have gone a lifetime without seeing this film and I will never intentionally watch this one.  At the beginning of the semester we were warned that some of these were made to offend and this one did on so many levels.

Let talk on a few of this offensive scene that we just experienced. I am not going to bother to talk about the eating dog shit part. Mainly due to the fact that we have heard many talks about this and how offensive it is, but in comparison to the rest of the film. This could be seen as just the icing on a disgusting cake. I just didn’t get why Divine had to keep looking at the screen with shit in her teeth. Just writing that makes my stomach uneasy. The scene where we see Raymond flashing women sitting on a bench was bad, but then when he tries again, and a transvestite flashed back at him was just shocking. That was not a twist I was expecting. Then we will move over to Divine’s birthday party, where we see how disgusting her friends are. I mean seeing someone spreading their cheeks to make their asshole sing is just wrong. How do you even cast someone for this? Before that we see Cotton putting on a show for Crackers by having sex with a girl and a chicken. Who even thinks of throwing a chicken into that? I’m going to guess that PETA was not a fan of that scene because it didn’t not look like they used fake chickens or that the chicken survived that scene. The last one, must be the one I was most shocked about. Seeing Divine give her son, Cotton, a blowjob at the Marble’s house. WTF!! How was this a good idea. I was just grossed out.

This film is the now the new standard for offensive films and I can see why it is a cult film.

Now on to a less disturbing subject, the presentations. I am not going to talk too much on my own, Troll 2, just because I feel as if I have said enough on the film. My only hope is that I inspired others to watch this movie. Now on to The Black Cauldron or the black sheep of Disney. We have all grown up watching films by Disney and loved them all. To think that a film like this could steal our childhood away is scary. I am glad that they bounced back, and we still have such great movies from then. I do have to say that I do want to see it and makes me feel that this film can be more appreciated by an older audience. I think for most of must Disney did a good job to bury this film because I never heard of it and if it wasn’t for Emma I still would not know it.