John Waters

…and Cry-Baby (1990), American filmmaker John Waters is widely referred to as the “King of Camp.” Waters’s canon is a knowing celebration of bad taste, fully conscious of its place as camp. Featuring the acting talents of larger-than-life drag diva Divine, former teen porn star Traci Lords, heiress-turned-leftist-radical Patty Hearst,…

…the series and appeared in John Waters’s Cry-Baby and Tim Burton’s Edward Scissorhands, two films by maverick directors that showcased Depp’s range. Scissorhands began a long association between the actor and director that led to Depp’s appearance in several other Burton films, including Ed Wood (1994), Sleepy Hollow (1999), and…

…hit stage musical version of John Waters’s camp film Hairspray. For his role as teen heroine Tracy Turnblad’s doting mother, Edna, Fierstein won his fourth Tony Award. He later appeared in Broadway revivals of Fiddler on the Roof, in 2005–06, and La Cage aux folles, in 2011. In addition, he…

…acted, notably appearing in several John Waters’s films, including Cry-Baby (1990) and Cecil B. DeMented (2000).