"Unworthy of Your Love"

The assassination thread runs through my life like a strange thunderstorm, suddenly intruding when you had thought it had vanished. Trying to piece together the very confusing news as a 7-year-old when JFK was shot, and as an 11-year-old when MLK and RFK were shot, and it felt like something had irretrievably broken in the country. Then Squeaky Fromme got tired of dumpster-diving in Sacramento alleys and decided to try something new in 1975. There was watching Robert De Niro ("You talking to me?") play Travis Bickel in "Taxi Driver" at a double-feature with "Shampoo" at the Gothic Theater in Denver in June, 1976, and then having the movie come shockingly to life five years later. In 1994, it was interesting listening to Dr. Walt Bromberg talk about his psychological evaluation of Jack Ruby. Jack was one interesting guy - he idolized Jackie Kennedy - but he was too naïve for the kind of trouble he got into. Things have been relatively quiet in recent years - things handled behind the scenes, of course. But here we go again! 

The musical "Assassins" is uneven. I don't like its portrayal of Lee Harvey Oswald as a pawn. Oswald was one resourceful individual; at least as resourceful as John Wilkes Booth. It would be good to completely rewrite the show. But I do like this song....