Who has not seen the image of a fat woman in a red suit, and her eyes painted halfway down her head, shaving a revolver?

Pink Flamingos is one of the vilest, stupid and repulsive films, a unique work by American director John Waters, which came to light in 1972, and is cataloged as a film of black comedy and exploitation film. digest by some fans of the seventh art, a cult movie, labeled so by the cinephiles.

This representative and transgressive work of Waters, shows a decadent world, in which the moral and the laws of coexistence and respect, simply do not exist, shows the life of Divine - pseudomino Babs Johnson (protagonist), an obese drag-queen who He lives in a trailer on the outskirts of Baltimore with his mother Edie (Addicted to eggs), his son Crackers (A vague seduces women) and his best friend Cotton (Adepts to voyeurism).

The name of the film is originated by the two statuettes of pink flamingos of plastic that are in front of the trailer of this eccentric family, and constitutes the first scene of the film. The plot of the film revolves around the confrontation or dispute between Divine and the Marble couple, for the title of the "most filthy person in the world" that is in the hands of the protagonist. The Marble family with the purpose of taking away the title is dedicated to kidnapping young people, getting pregnant and selling their children to lesbian couples. Nonetheless, Divine will regain her renown and call the Baltimore press to make public the prosecution and punishment that the Marbles deserve for their dirty atrocities.

Beyond the plot, there are scenes that create a total bewilderment in the viewer. Such is the case of the final scene, in which a dog is shown defecating and Divine disgustingly ate the excrement, while a children's song accompanies the scene, the film is remembered for this and the director gives it a touch of aversion and irony to his work. Much has been said about this controversial action in the history of cinema, which certainly was not performed, which causes us a greater repulsion.

Waters' work is full of provocative scenes, where incest, excessive sex, violence and eschatology are opposed to the conservative American society of the 70's. Waters shows us the other side of the coin, one where the repulsion and the debauchery of the most scandalous and hidden desires of man reign. The film shows references to the Manson family and is shown by the dedication that is seen at the beginning of "Sadie, Katie and Les"

It should be noted that Divine, starring actor Harris Glenn Milstead, a friend of Waters since childhood, is presented to the viewer as a transgressor and opposed to the beautiful and delicate protagonists of classic Hollywood cinema. She is rather an antihero who opposes morally established values. She is a key figure of homosexual cinema, since her interpretations served as inspiration to other transsexual interpreters, who sought for many years the acceptance on the part of the public.

Despite the years, Pink Flamingos has not lost its reputation as a provocative and daring film, no matter how many times it is seen, it always causes disgust, which makes it immortalized in the liking of many moviegoers who prefer films less commercial and more bizarre.

It is likely that the real reason why this work occupies a special place in the history of cinema is because of the ironic premise that a cult film can sometimes be so bad, that it ends up becoming good, or is so violent that in the end turns out to be a mockery. The truth is that he will never lose that repulsively cool touch that Divine and his friends provoke in those daring spectators, who dare to look and understand the obscene, and at the same time creative, work of John Waters.

Pink Flamingos is undoubtedly one of the most disgusting movies I've seen and definitely holds the title of the most transgressive film ever filmed.