

A prim and proper schoolgirl goes against her society grandmother's wishes when she dates a motorcycle-riding juvenile delinquent.
Costume
1950s delinquent drag dialed to insane eleven.
Acting
Depp's single perfect tear— Academy worthy, ignored.

Director
John Waters
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
John Waters cast Traci Lords fresh from her underage porn scandal controversy, a deliberate provocation that only he could get away with.
This was Depp's deliberate 'anti-teen heartthrob' move after 21 Jump Street— he wanted to burn his poster-boy image with Waters' gasoline.