Role Models is a wild and witty self-portrait of John Waters, America's 'Pope of
Trash', told through intimate profiles of his favourite personalities - some fa
mous, some unknown, some criminal, some surprisingly middle of the road. From Es
ther Martin, owner of the scariest bar in Baltimore, to the playwright Tennessee
Williams; from the atheist leader Madalyn Murray O'Hair to the insane martyr Sa
int Catherine of Siena; from the English novelist Denton Welch to the timelessly
appealing singer Johnny Mathis - these are the extreme figures who helped John
Waters form his own brand of neurotic happiness. A paean to the power of subvers
ive inspiration that delights, amuses and happily horrifies in equal measure...
