Profile: John Waters

A look at some of the personalities at the TW Fest

John Waters is a director, a writer, and one of the most hilarious people in the world. Even if you didn't grow up watching Pink Flamingos, Female Trouble, and his other cinema outrages, you've probably seen Hairspray (either the film or the Broadway musical, which has been turned into a film again). Two years ago, I was lucky enough to interview Waters on one of his jaunts to New Orleans, where his artwork is often on display at the Arthur Roger Gallery in the Warehouse District.

Waters is also a major Tennessee-ophile, and wrote about his obsession last year in The New York Times. This year, he wrote the introduction for Memoirs, a reprinting of Williams' biographical essays. His new projects are "'Til Death Do Us Part," a macabre comedy-documentary series that premieres tonight on CourtTV, and Fruitcake, a children's film (!) scheduled to start shooting this fall.

Sat., 4 pm: "Tennessee Williams' Memoirs: When the Playwright Had His Say"