And just who is Virginia Woolf, anyways? Being afraid of Virginia Woolf – you’re already talking about it and you don’t even know it. Classic Hollywood actresses terrify Michael Koester. Sex then, sex now. The power play. Oh, what language! What Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf has in common with Mortal Kombat 2. John Waters returns for Desperate Living! Eat some rats, change some sex, and roll around in garbage. Who’s having the most fun? A reminder on the topic of despicable cinema and human progress. A John Waters film without John Waters.
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Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf
Released: June 22, 1966
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Director: Mike Nichols
Writer: Ernest Lehman
Starring: Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, George Segal
A bitter, aging couple, with the help of alcohol, use a young couple to fuel anguish and emotional pain towards each other.
Desperate Living
Released: May 27, 1977
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Director: John Waters
Writer: John Waters
Starring: Liz Renay, Mink Stole, Susan Lowe
A rich housewife enlists her maid's help to murder her husband; they go on the lam and end up in Mortville, a homeless community built into a garbage dump.
