A review by delicatewatkins
Mr. Know-It-All: The Tarnished Wisdom of a Filth Elder by John Waters

2.0

Look, I like John Waters a lot. I just don't think he's very good at books. At the end, he says he's working on a novel about a woman who steals suitcases at airports (sounds boring). I've only read two John Waters books so far but here is what I've gleaned: 1) he can't fill a non-fiction book so he has to add fictional parts to fill the pages and 2) the fictional parts are terrible. This book starts out strong with Waters talking about all of his movies Hairspray and later. I learned a lot of cool stuff about how they got made, funding, actors who auditioned, etc. He also has a chapter about his favorite music and I found that interesting. But there's a chapter about buying paintings done by monkeys, a chapter in which he writes a letter to his fictional 14 year old son (I really don't even know), and a chapter about a fictional restaurant that serves gross food such as oyster shells full of jizz (wt heck, John?). Sadly, it's all filler and no killer. Don't get me wrong, I'll probably listen to some of his other books because I enjoy listening to him talk but his books aren't good. At least I know what I'm in for next time.