MetaChat - I never knew Bonnie and Clyde were so, um, alternative...

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06 February 2006

I never knew Bonnie and Clyde were so, um, alternative... Just clicking around, no real research yet, but if this site comes close to the truth, then those crazy kids are even wilder than I thought.

post by: Miko at: 10:53 | 27 comments

What happened to the rabbit?

posted by warbaby 06 February | 11:00

In the Beatty/Dunaway movie, Clyde alludes to "not being much of a ladies man," and bisexuality is more prevalent among hard-guy types than you'd imagine.

posted by jonmc 06 February | 11:07

I've gotta rent that movie this week.

posted by Miko 06 February | 11:07

Poor bunny..

posted by agropyron 06 February | 11:22

That's really intriguing. I'm going to make a point of watching the movie as well.

posted by Orange Swan 06 February | 11:41

Well, there's a certain type of person who, upon sampling gay sex in situational context (prison, military), comes to the conclusion that sex is sex ultimately.

posted by jonmc 06 February | 11:44

Blanche Barrow was kinda sexy.

posted by Hugh Janus 06 February | 12:01

Is that William Daniel Jones guy that was their 'sexual submissive' supposed to be the character Michael J. Pollard played?

posted by jonmc 06 February | 12:05

When I was in elementary school that said much the same thing: that the three of them were doin' each other and doin' their crime spree.

posted by cmonkey 06 February | 12:18

cmonkey, that musta been some interesting school you went to.

posted by Miko 06 February | 12:20

Eh nuts, I left an important part out of that sentence:

"When I was in elementary school I read a book that said much the same thing..."

posted by cmonkey 06 February | 12:41

Damn, how do I get into this "crime spree" business?

posted by matildaben 06 February | 12:44

Well, we'll need to see a resume. With references from at least three convicted felons or sex perverts.

posted by jonmc 06 February | 12:58

*volunteers to interview matildaben*

posted by gaspode 06 February | 13:00

I've got a few unconvicted sex perverts (consensual, adults only) that can vouch for me.

posted by matildaben 06 February | 13:03

well, I'll have to administer a few..tests, first.

posted by jonmc 06 February | 13:04

*music starts*

posted by Miko 06 February | 14:05

See?

posted by Hugh Janus 06 February | 15:53

I've watched the movie a few times (I gotta buy the DVD one of these days) and read a few books. But I don't remember any real sexual escapades being mentioned.

And yeah, what happened to the bunny?!

posted by deborah 06 February | 16:43

Big chunks of the movie were filmed in my hometown. They hid out there for a while, and they robbed the local bank. (Bonnie & Clyde, that is, not Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway.)

I know that's probably not interesting to anyone else.

posted by mudpuppie 06 February | 17:57

"It's the bunk."

posted by moonbird 06 February | 18:00

Mudpuppie, are you from Joplin?

posted by LarryC 06 February | 18:15

No, Larry. Little town in Texas.

posted by mudpuppie 06 February | 18:27

totally, love that - "no cigars! It's the bunk."

posted by Lipstick Thespian 06 February | 19:02

"The bunk" is a great expression. It's also used incessantly in a silly 30s movie, "Christmas in July".

Anoteher one to put on the list for revival. NO more, "I call BS." Instead, "that's the bunk!"

posted by Miko 06 February | 20:34

"Bunk" is short for "bunkum." Neither word's used much these days, but debunk is.

Henry Ford used "bunk" in a well-known sentence: "History is more or less bunk."

posted by kirkaracha 07 February | 17:13

The Wikipedia article doesn't mention the sex stuff, but it does say that Bonnie never shot anyone and usually provided logistical support; the article also links to a home movie (OGG) of the ambushed car. The Crime Library's Romeo and Juliet in a Getaway Car has more info.

posted by kirkaracha 07 February | 17:26

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