Female Trouble (1974)

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Synopsis

Dir: John Waters. Crime/Comedy. The life of a woman (Divine) is shown, from her time at school, through her pregnancy and subsequent marriage, and then into her career as a model and criminal.

Content elements

• Frequent use of the sexual expletive in both sexual and non-sexual context; infrequent use of scatological slang, cursing, profanity, developmental slurs, and vulgar expressions
• Frequent portrayals of gun, weapons, and hand-to-hand violence - much blood, some detail
• Frequent portrayals of sexual activity and sexually suggestive scenes - breast, buttock, and male genital nudity
• Frequent portrayals of breast, buttock, and male genital nudity in a non-sexual context
• Infrequent portrayals of smoking and alcohol use in a recreational context; infrequent portrayals of illegal substance use - some detail
• Frequent portrayals of crude content - some detail

Thematic elements

• Shock value
• An exploration of camp
• Cinema of subversion

Classification rationale

Rated 18A for sexual content, nudity, violence, and disturbing content

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