John Waters is a genius! Not only has he been successful at the box office but has managed to squeak out a few films that fall into the 'Art Film' category and are still funny. Pecker is one of his art films and is a real hoot. In the film the title character is one of those movie stereotypes, a guy who is known and loved by everybody in his neighborhood. But then you realize that everybody else is a kind of stereotype, happy people. The characters are all pretty two dimensional but that's OK when its intentional and it really does make them funny. So Pecker goes around taking pictures of all of these happy people who are thrilled to see their pictures at his first art show which just happens to be on the walls of the sandwich shop where he works. Of course, a New York gallery owner walks in and 'discovers' Pecker which means fame, fortune, and ridicule of his neighbors by the outside world. Of course this now makes all of Pecker's neighbors unhappy! The ending is pretty 'John Waters' but carries a nice message...."Screw you! I don't need your permission or approval to be happy!!!"
