Fisher Joins Waters in 'Neurotic Happiness' Discussion at JACCC Tonight, 6/8

As previously reported on BroadwayWorld, the Japanese American Cultural and Community Center of Los Angeles and the Library Foundation of Los Angeles will present 'An Evening with John Waters: On Neurotic Happiness' tonight, June 8, 2010 at 8pm.  He will appear in conversation with actress and author Carrie Fisher.  Waters will discuss his new memoir, 'Role Models.' 

John Waters was drawn to movies at an early age, and began making 8-mm underground movies as a teenager influenced by the likes of Jean-Luc Godard, Walt Disney, Andy Warhol, Russ Meyer, Ingmar Bergman, and Herschell Gordon Lewis.  Waters completed his first feature length film, Mondo Trasho, in 1969 before creating what would become one of the most notorious films in the American independent cinema of the 1970's, Pink Flamingos (1972). Its success was followed with the release of numerous films throughout the subsequent decades, from Female Trouble (1974) and Desperate Living (1977), to Hairspray (1988), Cry-Baby (1990), and Serial Mom (1994).  In addition to writing and directing feature films, Waters is the author of five books. John Waters is also a photographer. In April, 2009, Waters' exhibition, "Rear Projection" opened at the Marianne Boesky Gallery in New York and the Gagosian Gallery in Los Angeles.

Actress, screenwriter, and best-selling novelist Carrie Fisher has captivated audiences across the country with her recent one-woman show Wishful Drinking, described as "hilariously ennobling" (Los Angeles Times) and "exceedingly clever" (Wall Street Journal). Fisher's book of the same title is a caustic memoir of Fisher's wild first half-century-a blunt testament of mid-life self-discovery, and a frank account of coming to terms with bi-polar disorder and addiction.

The event will take place in the Aratani/Japan America Theatre. Tickets are $25 General Admission, and $17.50 for Library Associates & JACCC Members. Tickets may be purchased online at www.JACCC.org or through the Aratani/Japan America Theatre Box Office (213) 680-3700.

Photo Credit: Jan Marcus