For his first studio picture, filth maestro John Waters took advantage of his biggest budget yet to allow his muse Divine to sink his teeth into a role unlike any he had played before: Baltimore housewife Francine Fishpaw, a heroine worthy of a Douglas Sirk melodrama. Blessed with a keen sense of smell and cursed with a philandering pornographer husband, a parasitic mother, and a pair of delinquent children, the long-suffering Francine turns to the bottle as her life falls apart—until deliverance appears in the form of a hunk named Todd Tomorrow (vintage heartthrob Tab Hunter). Enhanced with Odorama™ technology that enables you to scratch and sniff along with Francine, Polyester is one of Waters’ most hilarious inventions, replete with stomach-churning smells, sadistic nuns, AA meetings, and foot stomping galore.
Odorama™ scratch-n-sniff tickets available for free at the Roxy box office!
Odorama™ scratch-n-sniff tickets available for free at the Roxy box office!
Cast: Divine, Tab Hunter, Edith Massey
Director: John Waters
Written by: John Waters
Rated: R
Duration: 86 min
Released: 1981
Genre: Comedy