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John Waters Doesn’t Want Your Approval — and That’s Why We Still Need Him

In a wide-ranging interview, the legendary filmmaker discusses ‘bonus holes,’ gay alimony and making up fake books to drive book-banners crazy.

“We’re here, we’re not queer, and nobody’s used to it.” That’s really what it is now, because the young kids, they aren’t just queer. They’re open to everything. You don’t know what you’re going to get, and they call it a “bonus hole,” whatever you get when you take somebody’s clothes off. That was a new one to me. It startled me.— John Waters

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