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Starred Review on June 1, 2014 | Video
This documentary opens with the 1988 premiere of John Waters's and Glenn Milstead's greatest success, Hairspray. It also turned out to be Milstead's final film role. I Am Divine explores the creation of Divine and chronicles the duality of who Divine/Milstead (1945–88) was. Milstead's mother, an ordinary mom from Baltimore, wrote an excellent and loving book about her son after his sudden death. Here, she describes a sweet young boy, more interested in ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More