Peggy Gravel (Mink Stole) flees to the shantytown sanctuary of Mortville with her obese maid Grizelda after murdering her husband. Later, Peggy helps the evil Queen Carlotta infect the townspeople with rabies, and local lesbian Mole leads an uprising., Divine was touring as a cabaret singer when director John Waters made this comedy of the grotesque, but he filled the void admirably with the equally rotund Jean Hill and burlesque-queen Liz Renay. The film tells the story of Peggy Gravel (Mink Stole), a mad housewife who kills her husband then goes on the lam with her 300-pound maid Grizelda (Hill). After being sexually accosted by a lewd, cross-dressing cop with gingivitis, the women are directed to Mortville, a shanty-town for fugitive criminals ruled by the evil Queen Carlotta (Edith Massey). Carlotta’s daughter, Princess Coo-Coo (Mary Vivian Pearce) wants to renounce the throne and marry a nudist garbageman, so the Queen has him killed and enlists Peggy’s aid in infecting the kingdom with rabies. Waters uses a fairy-tale framework to indulge his penchant for nauseating set-pieces, such as a transsexual lesbian (Susan Lowe) having her new penis cut off with scissors and fed to a dog, women being fed live cockroaches, and Peggy being assaulted at a lesbian glory-hole. Massey is hilarious as the Queen, urging her leather-clad bodyguards/sex-toys to “rob my safety-deposit box!,” but the oddly-named actor Turkey Joe steals the show in his brief role as a lecherous cop, spouting lines like “I love the feel of cold nylon on my big butt!” and slobbering over Grizelda’s huge underpants. The pinnacle of gross-out humor, Desperate Living is Waters’ strangest and funniest film.
Q&A :
Q: Who are the main cast members in “Desperate Living ” ?
A: The main cast includes Liz Renay,Mink Stole,Susan Lowe,Edith Massey,Mary Vivian Pearce,Jean Hill,Cookie Mueller,Ed Peranio,Channing Wilroy,George Stover,Roland Hertz,George Figgs,Pat Moran,Peter Coper,Steve Parker,David Klein,Paul Swift,Charles Roggero,Vincent Peranio,John Waters,Van Smith,Robert Maier.
Q: When Did the “Desperate Living” Released?
A: The Movie “Desperate Living” originally aired on and released in the year of 1977.
Q: What Languages are available to watch “Desperate Living” ?
A: Is also available in eng language.
Q: Where to watch “Desperate Living” ?
A: “Desperate Living” is Avaiable on Netflix. as its Netflix Originals.
