Editing Serial Mom (section)

===Post-production===
The film had a troubled [[post-production]], marked by conflict between Waters and Savoy Pictures. In his 2019 book ''Mr. Know-It-All'', Waters states that studio executives who viewed an early cut objected to its violence and dark comedy. They demanded the film be substantially re-edited and given a different ending, which Waters refused to do.<ref name=Waters>{{cite book|last=Waters|first=John|author-link=John Waters|date=2019|title=Mr. Know-It-All: The Tarnished Wisdom of a Filth Elder|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-bduDwAAQBAJ|publisher=[[Farrar, Straus and Giroux]]|isbn=978-0374214968|access-date=July 11, 2023|archive-date=July 15, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230715042230/https://books.google.com/books?id=-bduDwAAQBAJ|url-status=live}}</ref>{{rp|73–74}} Acrimony between the two sides intensified following a poor [[test screening]], which Waters believed was deliberately held before a conservative audience unlikely to enjoy the film. He contrasted it with a more receptive screening for members of the film industry in Los Angeles.<ref name = Waters/>{{rp|73}} Turner spoke about the ordeal to gossip columnist [[Liz Smith (journalist)|Liz Smith]], who was a friend. Smith intervened with a column titled "Leave Serial Mom Alone", publicizing the situation, and Savoy eventually relented on its demands.<ref name = Waters/>{{rp|75}}