Waiting for The End of the World with John Waters
originally Published: feb 01, 2023Talking with the envelope-pushing director ahead of his standup special at The Carolina Theatre.
This week The End of the World, John Waters’s apocalyptically titled new standup special, lands at the Carolina Theatre—though the world should also be worried about the general state of things if the acclaimed director ever stops touring.
Waters’s standup specials are as reliably consistent as a calendar.
“I’ve been doing this for 50 years,” he says, over a slightly static-filled phone call from his home in San Francisco. “I always rewrite my show. This one’s called The End of the World, which I think very much reflects how everybody feels.”
But Waters is here to charm his way through that feeling…
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