Cult filmmaker John Waters presents his very 'worst' art at this New Orleans gallery show

On Saturday, John Waters led a gaggle of fans on a comical tour of his new exhibit titled “The Worst of John Waters,” on display at Arthur Roger Gallery on Julia Street .

The 79-year-old Baltimore-based filmmaker, artist and raconteur wore a garish jacket, fluorescent orange shoes and his characteristic carefully trimmed mustache, which is as thin as a strand of linguini.

Waters is a bona fide pop icon. Starting a half-century ago, Waters helped lead the charge of gay culture into the mainstream with a string of campy, low-budget movies.

His breakout came in 1981 with a transcendently tasteless, tongue-in-cheek film titled “Polyester” that starred the drag queen Divine. The future cult classic included an olfactory component. At select showings, audience members were issued “Oderama”