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Shock ValueJohn Waters
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Shock Value

243 pagesFirst published 19817 editions
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""To me, bad taste is what entertainment is all about. If someone vomits watching one of my films, it's like getting a standing ovation."" "Thus begins Shock Value. And what a story it is. Packed into these pages are moments of incomparable humor, tenderness, and revelation, all suffused with Waters's sweet charm and mad-genius wit. Also included is a new foreword by fashion writer Simon Doonan, a close friend of Waters's and a fellow cultural icon." "John Waters, perhaps America's most successful trash filmmaker, achieved a new ironic sense of public acceptance in 2003 with the runaway…

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Editions

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FormatPublisherYearPagesISBN
EditionThunder's Mouth Press20052449781560256984
EditionLundau2000—9788871803173
EditionThunder's Mouth Press19952439781560250920
EditionFourth Estate19912439781872180779
AudiobookCaedmon Audio Cassette1989—9780898458343
EditionDelta1981—9780440550679
EditionDell Pub. Co.19812439780440578710
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