John Waters on Carsick: John Waters Hitchhikes Across America at Miami Book Fair

Jeffrey Brown interviews author and famed director John Waters about his true-life travel narrative, Carsick: John Waters Hitchhikes Across America, at Miami Book Fair International 2014.
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FROM THE PUBLISHER:
A cross-country hitchhiking journey with America’s most beloved weirdo
John Waters is putting his life on the line. Armed with wit, a pencil-thin mustache, and a cardboard sign that reads “I’m Not Psycho,” he hitchhikes across America from Baltimore to San Francisco, braving lonely roads and treacherous drivers. But who should we be more worried about, the delicate film director with genteel manners or the unsuspecting travelers transporting the Pope of Trash?
Before he leaves for this bizarre adventure, Waters fantasizes about the best and worst possible scenarios: a friendly drug dealer hands over piles of cash to finance films with no questions asked, a demolition-derby driver makes a filthy sexual request in the middle of a race, a gun-toting drunk terrorizes and holds him hostage, and a Kansas vice squad entraps and throws him in jail. So what really happens when this cult legend sticks out his thumb and faces the open road? His real-life rides include a gentle eighty-one-year-old farmer who is convinced Waters is a hobo, an indie band on tour, and the perverse filmmaker’s unexpected hero: a young, sandy-haired Republican in a Corvette.
Laced with subversive humor and warm intelligence, Carsick is an unforgettable vacation with a wickedly funny companion-and a celebration of America’s weird, astonishing, and generous citizenry.

[@sniffableandirresistble]

"cant upstage me bitch" regarding an imitators suicide ....brilliant lol

[@joshuaortiz4886]

absolute legend

[@cauldronmoon]

John Waters is amazing 😀

[@barbaraannen8126]

John Frickin' Wooders

[@stimso]

Haha. Such a cool guy.

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Nice :)

[@terriebarton5239]

I hate john waters

[@3506Dodge]

Why?

[@everycoLor_312]

GREAT, AND NOW WE HATE YOU 👀📢

[@barbaraannen8126]

You've obviously never met him

[@MrStarfalleyes]

and we hate you