Flamingos Forever

"Flamingos Forever" is the cancelled sequel to the 1972 movie "Pink Flamingos". The sequel is set to be released sometime in the mid-to-late 1980's. Troma Entertainment was set to finance the sequel at $600,000. After the deaths of Edith Massey, and later that of Divine, the film was cancelled. The initial screenplay could be viewed in John Waters' book entitled "Trash Trio", which also contains screenplays to "Pink Flamingos" and "Desperate Living".

Plot
15 years after the events of "Pink Flamingos", Babs Johnson/Divine and her family (including her 8-year-old transvestite son named Duane) return to Baltimore, Maryland. In her way is Vera Venninger and her necrophiliac husband named Wilbur. As a result, a new battle of filth begins.

Cast

 * Divine as Babs Johnson
 * Mary Vivian Pearce as Cotton II
 * Edith Massey as Edie the Egg Lady
 * Mink Stole as Vera Venninger
 * Jean Hill as Velveeta Jones
 * Charo
 * Liberace
 * Chesty Morgan as Divine's biological mother

Everyone else is not confirmed.

Why It Was Cancelled

 * 1) Divine was nervous about the dangerous stunts that the plot demanded. This includes an underwater pie-eating contest.
 * 2) Divine felt that the initial shock of the first movie had worn out 15 years from that point.
 * 3) Divine also wanted to focus on more serious male roles.
 * 4) Edith Massey, who portrayed Edie the Egg Lady, died in 1984. Divine would also die in 1988.
 * 5) John Waters was nervous about Troma Entertainment's post-editing facilities.

Results

 * The film was cancelled as John Waters believed that "fans would not go for a fake Edie" amid Massey's 1984 death.
 * The names of Wilbur, Tracy, and Inez would be incorporated to John Waters' next project "Hairspray" (1988).
 * The erotic "Hokey Pokey" dance would be incorporated into Waters' last film "A Dirty Shame" (2004).
 * The initial script can be seen in the "Trash Trio" book.