John Waters: Coming Out Is So Square
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"I don't like men who call women fish. I hate separate lesbians who hate men...I like them better though" always kills me
I don't get it.
@@I_WANT_MY_SLAW I'm guessing he hates both BUT he likes the separatist lesbians more than the men who call women fish.
Yeah im guessing he just can't identify with that, he's always been friendly.@@Mutterschwein
I had horrible low self-esteem until I read John Water’s book about his prison tour. He was the only person who ever said to accentuate your flaws. I was skinny, and I never fit into the business world. I couldn’t get a date, but a few years after reading John Waters it sort of ‘clicked’ and I went to art school & wore tight fitting thrift store clothes. At one point I was dating five girls. John Waters is awesome.
Which book is that?
@@kds5895 - Great question… I don’t remember, and I just glanced at his books and I had no idea he had written so much! It was a book in a friend’s NYC apartment that I read back in 1996 on a visit, so it was most likely either “Shock Value” or ”Crackpot.” One phrase that stands out to me is John saying to lean toward your faults, or to dress toward them: “If you’re skinny, wear spandex and take diet pills.” He also discussed a tour he did of the American prison system. I’m sure both are good reads. I don’t think he published a book after them until 2003.
"...if you can't love your kid, don't have it cuz it'll grow up and kill us!"...*ding*...BIG THINK.
Brillant.
Hari
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Krishna
krishna
sexobscura
I worry that you’ll will work in a office,have children,celebrate wedding anniversaries.
The world of the heterosexual is a sick and boring life.
I hope he lives passed 100. I hate knowing I didn’t follow his interviews more closely growing up. A true outlier.
He loves minorities who are outliers within their own minority groups!! I hope this man lives forever! The world needs John Waters!
John Waters is a true artist’s hero. Unlike the woke mob that wants to exterminate all heterosexuals, John has zero contempt for anyone, and he transcended the queer uniform to get to the juicy part of life that the straight and queer have in common, instead of dividing us. All of my straight friends loved John Waters movies until they became woke. I could never understand that. I hope woke dies like disco music.
Coming out is beyond square. He is so right. NOBODY should have to make this big annoucement that they are gay. It shouldn't be this big dramatic thing.
+Kevin Kral LOL. I meant to type coming out is beyond square. I made sure I corrected it.
Exactly. I wish these generation Z RUclipsrs would get the point already. They want to capitalize on the fact that they're attracted to the same sex.
Lol. All these coming out videos look the same. It's a puppy dog-eyes photo of them with huge typeface overlay reading "I'm... GAY." (Umm. Okay. Do you want a cookie and an appearance on the Ellen Show now?)
I am glad you see what I mean. But it's not just generation Z that makes a big deal about it. There is a clip on youtube of Sally Field talking about her gay son. At youtube it's under Sally Field Shaes Loves for her opnly gay son.
When I saw that clip it bugged me because her and Oprah were being so dramatic about it.
Fair enough, let's just remember these "Gen-Z'ers" wouldn't feel the need to make a dramatic announcement of it if Boomers and Gen Xers didn't make being gay out to be such an awful taboo thing. It may not be like that in some places anymore but I still live in a small town where my gay friend in high school regularly got harrassed while holding hands with his bf and teenagers still get sent to Pray the Gay Away camp, or whatever euphemism they're using now...conversion therapy? Homophobia's gotten better but there are still some backward-ass places in this country not to mention the world.
The only reason I came out was because my parents would be very "wtf? Where's our daughter?" If I randomly showed up after a year of not visiting, with a beard and flat chest.
John Waters needs to adopt me.
Tracy.3
Back off!!
He’s mine
Calm down people. He can adopt all of us..but I'm his favorite because I'm in the Arts. Now go get daddy and me some snacks please.
"Gay is not good enough, it's a good start" I love that!
Ahahah 🤣
This is the way my best friend was growing up. We were 5 years old and I knew he was gay. Everybody knew. He never came out or anything, he never said he was gay. Just all of the sudden we were 19 and he was dating guys. He was more popular than most. Even in a shitty small rural town, I think most people respect somebody who is unabashedly themself.
I mean, you can't come out of the closet if you never were in one.
I don't fit the LGBTQ label, nor do I try to conform to it. When it comes to sexuality I'm much happier as a member of the IDGAF community.
That should be a quote
The best comment EVER!!!!
I love it!! Took me a minute to figure that one out.
Lol. Ironic given that the old acronym is nothing more than an attempt to be inclusive of all varieties of gender and sexual minorities.
It's not a label, dear. It's just shorthand from a time when we had to fight hard to make it possible for people like you to not give a fuck.
"I'm for anybody having a kid if they can love it and I'm for abortion; if you can't love your kid don't have it 'cos it will grow up and kill us."
I love that statement.
JDLupus he should have this put on a T-Shirt. The first portion could be on the front, the second half on the back. (And then in tiny letters it could say outside the quotes - either way that technically makes me pro-life.)
King of Filth after all.
Such a boring general statement
If you can't love your own children, what the fuck good are you? I am amazed how that kind of selfishness & complete lack of love is today treated as virtue. You "love" that statement? You love yourself. That's all anybody can know for sure by your words. If you are so bereft of human decency that you cannot love your own child, then never procreate. Don't punish an innocent baby who would probably be more decent than you could ever be. Sex for you is all about self-love anyway. To use the excuse that an unwanted child will grow up to be a murderer, and then to suggest that killing the child is somehow a solution is one of the most idiotic things a person could ever say. "We have to kill the innocent to prevent children from growing up & becoming killers of the innocent..." So, should everyone who ever had an abortion have been aborted themselves? Moronic. This is a world dominated by selfishness & without love. So sad.
Wow I only knew his movies but he is so intellectual and confident.
I knew that I was attracted to other people of the same gender in 1965, when I was 5.
... it didn’t stop me preferring the company of the ladies, just that they kept their clothes on.
I knew when I was around 5 too, it’s good to know that I’m not the only one who knew, on some level, at such a young age.
i kinda feel like hes channeling vincent price
Vincent Price's gay brother
Look up Waters' tribute to Price he did for Turner Classic Movies. It's beautiful. Price was Waters' childhood idol.
i wish modern lgbt movements took some notes from john.
John waters didn't have to come out. His movies did it for him.
Opinunate ted especially the narration he did on pink flamingos.
I know he was doing his best imitation of a Baltimore store owner that had -in John's mind- the ultimate Baltimore accent (and vehemently refused the offer/request to narrate)...
When I first watched the film without knowing that little backstory I just remembered thinking "Awww! Listen to how young he is with his sweet wittle enthusiastic lisp!"
"Gay's not enough .... It's a good start."
His delivery at the end cracks me up. What a wonderful man.
Coming out is for debutantes. As well as coming.
OMG I love this. It's literally everything I've been saying to my friends for years now.
Morning glory?
I knew I was gay the first time I saw a grown man naked. HELLO! And I agree with John, going mainstream TOTALLY DESTROYED the lifestyle; it used to be SO MUCH more fun!
That's ridiculous. It was fun because people were escaping from the difficult to hell that was their lives. It's much easier to be gay today.
+A Boston I actually meant the nightlife, not the lifestyle.
The first time I saw a grown man naked was in an early 1980 Playboy (which also had a gay limerick, which I still recall more than 40 years later). Iggy had his dick out, and that was all rock and roll. Patti's armpit hair showing? Well, Playboy said, no wonder people threw rocks at her. I remember thinking: 'I just may need to become a lesbian separatist when I grow up.' I wasn't impressed by the hypocrisy.
i love this man. national treasure. protect at all costs.
A worldwide treasure!
He was the one that woke me up to the plight of Baltimore. If only the people of Baltimore could see the city the way he does. It should be a gem.
He seems like such a nice, self assured man that is happy being himself. How awesome is that. If we could all be as comfortable with who are are we would each be happier.
I just love him. He seems like such a sweet, good hearted, good-humored guy! I wish he was my friend.
Wow. That was all very well said. I agree!
God bless this man! I've been a 2-3 on the Kinsey since I've been sexually aware, but I have only found it to have been a part of my identity for a brief moment around age 14. If I felt like that was repression, it would be a different story, but fortunately I don't have that issue. My outsider status comes from different factors entirely, likely mostly because of where I make my home.
John - you are one of Americas true originals - one of a kind - love you long time!!!
He's the wisest, most genuine man. I fucking love him!
I love this man! You know why? Because of what he says in this video... And everything else he has ever said... EVER!
He was so good as the kid in Home Alone.
Iv never disagreed with any thing he ever said. And that's the truth ....
John Waters is a treasure :D Always loved his attitude and him just doing what he loves. Lol I just noticed I already commented on this video 11 months prior.
It's just his magnetic personality :D
Hilarious, no one asked because they were afraid to hear the answer! HAHA thanks for being funny still
Can’t say I like his movies but so refreshing hearing his opinions and points of view. Seems like a great guy and really open and honest. Saw his criterion review as well and really love listening to him and his take on movies.
He supports everyone and that's great.
My philosophy is simple, no matter how conservative you are allow people to be who they are so they don't have to suffer in society from abuse or be vindicated in real life for no apparent reason. Someone's private life isn't really anyone's issue. I myself come from a quite strict traditional environment when there was a lot of "male stuff" going on and a lot of division between men and women in society. Men bonded and did all important things together while women had their own world. Even discussing important issues was sort of exclusive to men. I myself being a juvenile womanizer sometimes had this longing for a brother I never had, the best friend at the same time. Same thing with looking for a father figure outside your family if you had a failed relationship with your father. This always has to come with lots of funny stories how other people think you're gay.
I'm using that for all of my pro-abortion discussions from now on. John's awesome.
I am christian and that neccesarily does not make me hate gay people, i have gay friends and my girlfriends sister is lesbian, we are separated enough as human beings and the key word here. One of yhe main teachings of christianity is love thy neighbor and gays look for freedom to love, if we only thought about our similarities instead of our differences
I had the exact same impression when I first saw Elvis. "What the hell is that?"
i think being out probably means more to people who were never afforded the chance to refine their identity. i'm not about to assume John's "had it easy" but sadly not everyone is afforded his level of charisma or a level of stability/safety that nurtures those parts of themselves.
I'm not gay but I love this man
John Waters is so amazing in every way a person can be amazing.
Awesome point. Great video, Mr. Waters.
Thank you!
The embodiment of "live and let live"
"I knew i was gay the moment i saw Elvis Presley"... I know what he means, o felt the same thing when i saw Robbie Williams' "Rock DJ"
I love this, I don’t fit in anywhere, I always felt I would fit right in with the weirdos in your films 😂
im a straight 18yo male and i absolutely love him
Love it ! Love it...super Waters...man
I believe this is a very valid viewpoint, but I'm not sure I can completely agree. I'm just not sure...
He's a fking genious imo. Finally somebody who thinks like me
"if you can't love your kid, don't have it cos it'll grow up and kill us" would love to see the pro-lifers faces when they hear that line lol
Mr John Waters. Love your work.
'Being gay is not enough...but it's a start!'
I luv ya Mr Waters! I gotta say I'm on the fence a bit about his films as films, but if it means he gets to be a public figure and we can still listen to his brilliant opinions about almost everything then I'm all for it!
Thank you JW! You are an inspiration!!
That last thing he said was pretty amazing.
Glad the got him onto the Simpsons. It broke the "now for a very special episode" trope while giving a ton of people a funny and deep insight into what it means to be gay or know someone who is. Who wouldn't want this guy as their neighbor?
God bless John Waters. His kind of fearless trailblazer seems to get fewer and fewer by passing generations. He's the Irving Thalberg of good bad taste. It broke my heart that Edie didn't live to do one more film with him; I'd dreamed of him casting Larry 'Bud' Melman as Edie's boyfriend. That could have been a riot.
A man after my own heart.
Bring back the stache period!!!
Well, if it's either this life or that a choice has to be made. We agree on that. That does not mean that you could kill a person.
I define person as a living collection of cells with human DNA with the potential of survival.
How do you define a person?
Awesome!
I'm sure you've heard the phrase "there are other fish in the sea." I'm not sure if that is what is being referred to, though.
Him saying: "What gay people have to be perfect?" should be heard by a loooot of people. We are humans, we have flaws, we should embrace the flaws that make us unique.
Can he be the pope, the president, the fashionable philosopher always in the mouth of anybody?
i wish he would make another movie. its been 8 years since his last movie.
When you say Elvis? I knew since I saw Paul Simon =D
Love this man. He is absolutely brilliant.
This gentleman rocks!
John Waters is just the coolest, bravest dude. I hope he lives forever.
Love this guy! we think so much alike
Yeah same, I knew I was what I was from the beginning,, why announce it? I know who I am! I just really don’t care, be whatever or don’t be, it’s whatever.
How about people who can't decide for themselves for different reasons? Fetuses clearly can't decide for themselves. Why would a woman give birth to a child if she knows she can't offer them a good life in any way? What if she were raped and doesn't want to have the rapist's child? So, it's ok to let her carry the child she doesn't want for 9 months and then make her go through a painful birth. You're basically saying a woman can't decide about her body while pregnant. How very thoughtful of you
This guy is so cool, I like his sense of humor.
One of the best Directors EVER.
This dude is cool!
it's actually *Perpendicular*
I am with you 100%
I agree with everything he said.
Tim Blake Nelson and John Waters would make very believable brothers in an odd and hilarious movie.
amazing. Against Separatism! We are in this life thing together, but we are separate. If you polarize, then you are furthering your own separation.
Damn straight man, I'm tired of all the rules. I don't have any animosity towards anybody's self imposed scene. I just hate all this sensitivity about what words we can and can't use because someone might get offended based on how some prejudiced asshole I don't even know used it. It's a form of censorship to me.
Seems like a lot of people make their whole life about their sexuality, race, or religion. IMO it's a waste of what could be such a richer life.
That was the accepted practice for centuries, particularly during the Roman era. I don't argue that, however. By "active" I do not mean "adult". Children, the mentally damaged, and possibly several other species, have brains that should be recognized as having personhood. But the brain doesn't drop out of the sky into the womb. It's developed. It doesn't "boot up" until at least the 20th week of gestation. Most OGYNs would put it closer to 23/24 weeks.
For me to come out would require me to give a shit about other's opinions, which I don't.
OMG I feel the same way about abortion! Love him!!
Why do you need to "come out? Why should you care what people think about you ?
I can't believe it took Werner Herzog 35 years of knowing this man to realize he was gay, I mean it's great that when he talks to a person all he sees is the person for who they are morally, and in terms of human decency ect, and doesn't make judgements about what or what they may not be, but it's just human nature to notice things like that, and for the most part it's an involuntary and subconscious type of thing. How can you not like this guy though what a character lol
I agree, and thank you for mentioning the stupid rules that are imposed on us by our community(s).
I was much more naive when I praised that comment to the level that I did. Of course "unloved" kids can grow up and become a proper, even exemplary, member of society; likewise, a kid with well-meaning parents might grow up to do something awful such as murder. However... the sentiment behind the message is still clear enough: too many children, not enough love for them all. That's the fundamental point I agree with.
One of the few gay celebs I can listen to without feeling lectured to or put down for being straight....and his movies are hilarious.
LOVE him!!!
I never even pondered whether he was or not.Waters was always so wonderfully himself,overriding anything trivial like sexual orientation.People don't need to label themselves when they speak for themselves that well.
agree
I love how he almost said Madonna bought her baby in Africa.
John Waters is tha man! He's so awesome :D
"If you can't love your kid, don't have it, cause it will grow up and kill us"
This should be broadcast as a PSA ffs
@okendido He didn't say it "made" him gay. He said he "knew" he was gay when he saw Elvis Presley. There is a BIG difference.
That is an excellent clarification. I would only add "with around 46 chromosomes" or somesuch, otherwise your definition would also include unfertilised sperm and ova.
The argument between pro-choice and pro-life then gets very deep and complicated, and clearly contentious. My fundamental proposition is that abortions happen anyway and it's better not for them to occur in back-street clinics like they used to.
We're never going to agree on that point but I can understand your point of view.
I miss JW's gnarly teeth (as seen here). In recent interviews, I've noticed they are all straight and pearly white.
I didn't have to come out. My mom finding pics of naked men in my room did that for me. She was totally cool with it, bless her heart.
I got to meet him briefly at a fan expo in Toronto. Unfortunately the guy who took our picture was an asshole and now I don't have a picture with me and John Waters. Love you Mr Waters