History Trivia / DesperateLiving

* ValuesResonance: "I'm not responsible for your income, your living conditions or your personal happiness" is pretty much the message being given out by certain politicians these days.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen

** David Lochary was also intended to be in the film, but had to be re-cast after bleeding to death from falling on glass while on PCP.
* WriteWhatYouKnow: The scene involving Mole's babysitter throwing a party was based on something Waters did when he was in high school.

* DoingItForTheArt: Most of the background denizens of Mortville are ''actual'' homeless people from Baltimore. Waters had them all taken to the Mortville set on a bus and had to quickly shoot the scenes they were in before they wandered off.

* WriteWhatYouKnow: The scene involving Mole's babysitter throwing a party was based on something Waters did when he was in high school.

** David Lochary was also intended to be in the film, but had to be cut after bleeding to death from falling on glass while on PCP.

** David Lochary was also intended to be in the film, but had to be cut after dying via bleeding to death from falling on glass while on PCP.

** As mentioned on the main page, Divine was originally planned to star in the film, playing the role of Mole McHenry. When Divine turned the role down due to being under contract with a play he was in, the role went to fellow Dreamlander Susan Lowe.