more entertaining than all the gay orgy in 300 combined . more heartbreaking than a shakespearian tragedy . more poetic than even the most melodramatic poem about lose love and blah blah blah . and on top of all that and the great trash ever make . a black comedy test the limit of the human sens and john water cult movie pink flamingo be a story about the conflict between two family that end in humiliation and death and of course the eating of dog feces ( yeah by the way that be not actually the humiliating part ) . no no and this be not about the impossible love and there be no romeo or juliets on these 90 or so minute . this movie be about the battle for prestige if you could call it that . the battle for the title filthy person alive . on one side we have divine ( play by the cross dress water regular . umm . divine ) a caring daughter and good mother and cannibal and murderer and pervert and current owner of say title . she love her son crackers a bit way too much . cracker himself sport a sexual attraction to both chicken and young lady sometimes mix them up in threesome . family friend and loyal accomplice cotton get her satisfaction from watch cracker during some of his . act involve the mention earlier object of attraction . last but not least divine mother and grandmother to cracker and edie . a 400 hundred pound woman and sleeping and eating and basically live in a baby cradle . she be addict to egg and love the egg man ( the man who bring the egg . lol ) . the four of them live peacefully in a caravan outside the city until the moment when they become a target for the marble . exhibitionist and manipulator and cheater and very evil people actually . their main source of income come from the kidnapping and impregnating of young woman . for the impregnate part they use their trusted and loyal cross dress butler to provide the semen . after that they sale the birthed child to the high bidder . it be the marble envy towards divine and her title that will lead to an inevitable confrontation between the two family . an epic battle of filth and perversion and violence . pink flamingo be an unsurpassed masterpiece in the trash movie genre . load with oddity and strange act and john water movie be loathe and hat by traditionalist and critic and the average movie go audience . but for the few that remain unscratched by these generalization the flamingo be an unforgettable experience . funny and sick and violent and poetic . it truly be an exercise in poor taste .