According to his manager, Bernard Jay, "What was, in the early seventies, a mind-blowing exercise in Poor Taste, was now, we both believed, sheer Bad Taste. Divi[ne] felt the public would never accept such an infantile effort in shock tactics some fifteen years later and by people fast approaching middle age." The script for Flamingos Forever would later be published in John Waters' 1988 book Trash Trio, which also included the scripts for Pink Flamingos and Desperate Living. See also List of American films of 1972 Cult film Midnight movies List of banned films Divine Trash In Bad Taste Cinema of Transgression Notes References Bibliography External links Pink Flamingos: The Battle of Filth an Essay by Howard Hampton at The Criterion Collection Pink Flamingos at the Dreamland website 1972 films 1972 comedy films 1972 drama films 1972 independent films 1972 LGBT-related films 1970s black comedy films 1970s crime comedy films 1970s exploitation films American LGBT-related films American black comedy films American crime comedy films American exploitation films American independent films Animal cruelty incidents in film Bisexuality-related films Censored films Drag (clothing)-related films Films about cannibalism Films about dysfunctional families Films about rape Films directed by John Waters Films set in Baltimore Films shot in Baltimore Incest in film LGBT-related comedy films Film controversies in the United States Film controversies in Canada Film controversies in Australia LGBT-related controversies in film Lesbian-related films Obscenity controversies in film United States National Film Registry films 1970s English-language films 1970s American films