JOHN WATERS PICKS

John Waters’s Baltimore

The writer and director, famous for making theatergoers squirm in their seats, says he feels most at home wherever the outsiders gather in his native city

John Waters at home in Baltimore, a city that has played a major role in his films, including “Pink Flamingos,” “Polyester” and “Hairspray.”Credit...Christopher Myers for The New York Times

By Megan McCrea, New York Times

The 1998 John Waters film “Pecker” ends with an unlikely crowd carousing in a seedy basement bar/impromptu photo gallery in Baltimore. Strippers and one busty, enthusiastic art collector dance on tables as a talking Virgin Mary icon watches FINISH READING HERE

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