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nolabear

(41,990 posts) Sun Sep 2, 2012, 04:17 PM Sep 2012

Saw John Waters last night! Ask me anything!

He appeared at Bumbershoot, Seattle's Labor Day festival. The crowd was so huge I was afraid we wouldn't get in, but we did. I knew I'd enjoy him and probably do some of that delicious cringing that pushing the boundaries always brings, but I wasn't quite prepared for how vibrant, smart and warm he was. He has a sweetness and a love of life about him that made his monologue and Q&A not only funny and edgy, but really made you wonder why bother to be uptight about what people do or love or laugh about. His genuine delight and love for people he's worked with was palpable. At the same time, he made me wonder how brave I can be about talking and laughing about some very un-PC ideas.

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Saw John Waters last night! Ask me anything! (Original Post) nolabear Sep 2012 OP

I love him. So how tall IS he? He looks tall on TV. nt Honeycombe8 Sep 2012 #1

Tall. Over 6 ft I'd say. And svelte, wearing a blue and white plaid suit nolabear Sep 2012 #2

Yeah, he's always worn spiffy unique things when I've seen him on TV. Honeycombe8 Sep 2012 #3

He waxed rhapsodic about Justin Beiber commenting on his mustache nolabear Sep 2012 #4

Honeycombe8

(37,648 posts)

1. I love him. So how tall IS he? He looks tall on TV. nt

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Sun Sep 2, 2012, 04:19 PM

Sep 2012

nolabear

(41,990 posts)

2. Tall. Over 6 ft I'd say. And svelte, wearing a blue and white plaid suit

Reply to Honeycombe8 (Reply #1)

Sun Sep 2, 2012, 04:38 PM

Sep 2012

that he said he'd get beaten up by both straights and gays if he wore on the street. Somehow it looked great on him.

Honeycombe8

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3. Yeah, he's always worn spiffy unique things when I've seen him on TV.

Reply to nolabear (Reply #2)

Sun Sep 2, 2012, 04:40 PM

Sep 2012

Vests, tailored pants, nice shoes...the colors and patterns may be one of a kind, though.

nolabear

(41,990 posts)

4. He waxed rhapsodic about Justin Beiber commenting on his mustache

Reply to Honeycombe8 (Reply #3)

Sun Sep 2, 2012, 05:55 PM

Sep 2012

while still trying to maintain a certain teenaged "I'm realy a cool rapperesque dude" persona. Apparently Waters handed him an eyebrow pencil and said "You can have one of your very own!" and he did indeed draw one on his lip. I didn't give the Beibs credit for being that smart, but if it's true it was a wise move because Waters obviously was charmed.

But as I said, he seems to just plain like people.

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