Even lower-fi than expected. With a proper audience it’s probably more infectious than tedious. All this time I’ve avoid the acclaimed 1970s movie Cockfighter on account of chicken torture, then I stumble into the acclaimed 1970s movie Pink Flamingos with advance warning about shit-eating but no notice that a chicken gets fucked to death.

“How can a couch be out of order?” Divine and her ma Edie and roomie Mary are local menaces, while Mink and David are jealous pervert neighbors looking for an advantage over the notorious Divine. They try to ambush our heroes, but Divine fucks her son(?), eats shit, murders her rivals and wins the day. After Divine goes feral on a hot dog patron, Waters plays “The Girl Can’t Help It.” Also the scene where police are called to Divine’s trailer, and a gang of locals ambush and devour them was pretty good.