“To understand bad taste one must have very good taste.”
John Waters (1946) American filmmaker, actor, comedian and writer
Books, Shock Value: A Tasteful Book About Bad Taste (1981)
“Bad taste makes more millionaires than good taste.”
— Charles Bukowski, book Hollywood
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