I love Tom Snyder AND I love John Waters and Divine, so this is an interesting bit to watch. Tom could have been less judgmental, but see him with other subjects, and he's a great interviewer. I think you have to consider the times here. Now Waters is beloved, but back then he was very fringe and out there and threatening to a large population of the world. I'm always fascinated by how gentle and quiet Divine is in real life, which means he really was a fabulous actor. Divine balded early, which did age him, and the weight didn't help.

I can listen to Pepper and Dorian and Venus talk all day. They all had so much history in the scene and had so much to offer those who followed their footsteps. So many were taken from us far too soon.

girl why they had to make it look like venus had nobody? she was loved and the corrupt populus weaponizing her likeness against her own community didn't want anyone to believe that such love could ever exist, isolating and dehumanizing us, thus excusing our marginalization.

Dorian Corey had dead body of a man stashed in her closet for many years. After Dorian died in the mid 90's, someone discovered the body and called the police. This story was written in the newspaper. So during this interview, there was a dead body the closet and no one knew at the time.

Mil veces mejor que la original!!!

26:09 A new Dorian Cory catch phrase for me!

Eine unterschätzte Künstlerin, was für ein geiler Songtext

Lots of great scenes were deleted out of Pink Flamingos and Female Trouble.

Divine died young

May Vee continue to Rest in Eternal Paradise (la Angelita)

“Me gustan las personas que se quedan como estandarte… yo soy un clásico”. 34 años después, efectivamente, eres un clásico. Gracias por tu trabajo, Carlos.

29:51 Anybody know what’s on the tv I low key want to watch it😂

29:51 Anybody know what’s on the tv I low key want to watch it😂

Una persona real y sincera. Qué bonita vibra tenía el señor Berlanga

9:39 qué hermoso gesto tiene Carlos y ella ni le mira, me he sentido hasta violenta viéndolo😨 Carlos Berlanga es un clásico como su padre y vivirá por siempre. ¡Gracias!❤❤❤

Dorian is just an older Tyme the Infamous.

2:02 the fact she got to meet them, LEGENDARY ♥️

This movie was so good I cried half the movie 😭 the world will never be like again where gays just love their loves no regrets and no hate from their OWN community

Venus would’ve been an incredible mother

OMG friggin Waters attacks all things sacred😂

History

You can tell Joan *genuinely* wanted to learn about their lifestyle and the ballroom culture.

Se tenian que devolver en el Taxi

que pena, cuando él se levanta le lanza un beso de lo mas tierno y ella no le está mirando....😞

Alucino a Carlos Berlanga compitiendo en Eurovisión... No sé si acompañado de Dinarama o de Massiel.

They needed a dental fund !! Goodness!!

Yo lo conozco de hace poco y me estan gustando mucho las canciones de el

😂😂😂😂

❤

LOVE LOVE THEM ALL!

love this

Freddie was sooo handsome

Strange question...many talk kinda strange...is it that they are wearing dentures or the quality of video?

@1:20:00 I love how open minded Octavia was being even if she didn’t truly agree with him. She is just so beautiful and down to earth ❤️

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I really miss people like this in 2024

Less than 8 minutes in, and I now understand the flick more than I have these past 20 years.

i read an article that a corpse with gunshot wound in the head was found in Corey's apartment after her death! it was determined it was there for like 20 years, mummified. i can't believe that it seems like that corpse was already THERE when this video was shot.. so while she is sitting there talking about life and putting make up on, she had a corpse rotting in her house..

and such prescient and philosophical reflexion of the pretty straight man in blue telling about the eternity in being filmed at that very moment. 1:18:00

When you see the level of intelligence and street wise all of these great people have, coming from nothing, no education, still bright and cultivated, being drags or hookers, yet having all the grace and eloquence of philosophy teachers, when you see the whole movie, hearing the hard time these kids suffrered, no parents, no homes on their own really, living on tricks and small jobs, then you look at all the 2024 trash so-called "Influencers" that can't have an intelligent conversation, have zero cultural background except for fake boobs, lip fillers, nail filing, botox, cheek implants and Onlyfans revenues... When all of that went wrong?

They all look so sad. And I don’t mean that in a mean way, I just mean you can really feel the pain and sadness and exhaustion and struggles each of these beautiful unique individuals have been dealing with their entire lives. ❤

The GD confidence ❤❤❤❤❤

I love Joan more than ever for this. Rest in Peace Queen!

7:44 oh Lawd this man knows his history and can see where we’re headed 💣 🌎

My God- Joan was a classic woman *way* ahead of her time! The way she was so respectful of these guests was one of the many reasons the Gay community always had her back!

Wouldn't it be just perfect to have the unedited version of this movie with all of these awesome deleted scenes?!

It’s pretty brave of the film creator to share so candidly about the pushback and denial she got in her field because of the drags queen’s race and sexuality. I wonder how THAT affected her career later..

Was this before it Dorian Corey's secret has been found out?

So sad, jennie livingston is the only one still alive out of these 5.

Sad that all these people have since passed :( With the exception of the director Jennie Livingston