What was filmmaker, author and low-brow tastemaker John Waters doing at Walker Art Center on Thursday? The auteur behind such cult classics as "Female Trouble," "Mondo Trasho," "Pink Flamingos" and, more recently, "Hairspray," met with Walker staffers on Thursday in some kind of consulting capacity, but that's about all we could find out when we called Christopher James, new head of PR there. James confirmed that Waters spent Thursday "meeting with staff," but offered no additonal details, saying "we will have more specifics next week."
We heard that Waters, whose most recent book is "Role Models," was weighing in on museum practices, including floating the idea of a progressive admission price that would lower the entry fee based on how long a patron remained in the building.
Absent any solid information, the mind races. Will we see a show dedicated to the late Divine, the hefty drag diva who starred in many of Waters' movies, and his legendary costars Mink Stole and Edith Massey? A towering statue of Divine in her "Pink Flamingos" outfit (pictured above) in the Sculpture Garden? How about a Friday-night party themed around a TV teen dance party, a la "Hairspray?"
We'll let you know when we find out more. Meantime, your guesses are as good as ours, so please add them here.
