Following the recent death of Kim McGuire AKA Hatchet-Face in John Waters’ cult classic Cry-Baby, we examine the considerable impact, both sartorial and cultural, of Waters’ advocation for society’s underdogs
– which saw the Pope of Trash break through into the mainstream – set about making, a musical ode to the 1950s and its teenage rebels. Previously accustomed to shooting midnight movies with barely any money, the director was astounded to find himself with a huge budget that could secure him things like “trailers, cranes and giant lights”, as well as an enormous, wonderfully varied cast.
The film, of course, focuses on the blossoming love story between its devastatingly attractive protagonists, Cry-Baby and Allison, but it is the broad selection of colourful and extraordinary co-characters that makes for such enjoyable viewing – a vital reminder that, regardless of budget, Waters will always be the godfather of slobs and outsiders.
When we are first introduced to Hatchet she is standing in line waiting for a school jab; we watch her from behind, swaying her booty from side to side and shaking her peroxide blonde curls. Three Squares go to smack her bum and she turns, revealing a knife, and her distorted, heavily made-up face.
As Pepper willingly accentuates her plus-sized curves in her skin-tight apparel, undaunted by society’s judgement, Hatchet-Face slaps on beauty products to draw further attention to her unusual features, rather than conform or conceal them. She stands out like a sore thumb and that’s the way she likes it; after all, even if she tried to disguise herself, people would still judge her.
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