what is a couple countdown without bonnie and clyde ?
i recently caught the last half of bonnie and clyde on TCM and
immediately adored the idea of a gangster couple.
bonnie parker met clyde barrow and fell in love with the bad boy.
they soon began a trip from state to state with the barrow gang,
stealing from the rich. they were however, no robinhoods.
the spree of theft and murder that the gang went on was purely for
personal gain. watching the movie, the ending was so terrible that
i found myself feeling bad for bonnie and clyde.
i hate to give anything away when talking about movies, but all i
can say is sinner or saint, nobody should die the way they depicted
bonnie and clyde's tragic end.
some may say the movie was rubbish just for the loose following
of the actual bonnie and clyde timeline, and the way most of the
large facts were left out, so if you're one of those people, do yourself
a favor and watch the movie before doing any extensive research.
it's more enjoyable that way.
i have here some photographs of warren beatty and faye dunaway.
here are the real bonnie parker and clyde barrow:
bonnie enjoyed writing poetry,
and here is one she wrote about the barrow gang:
The Story of Bonnie and Clyde
by Bonnie Parker (1934)
You've read the story of Jesse James--
Of how he lived and died;
If you're still in need
Of something to read
Here's the story of Bonnie and Clyde.
Now Bonnie and Clyde are the Barrow gang.
I'm sure you all have read
How they rob and steal
And those who squeal
Are usually found dying or dead.
There's lots of untruths to these write-ups;
They're not so ruthless as that;
Their nature is raw;
They hate the law--
The stool pigeons, spotters, and rats.
They call them cold-blooded killers;
They say they are heartless and mean;
But I say this with pride,
That I once knew Clyde
When he was honest and upright and clean.
But the laws fooled around,
Kept taking him down
And locking him up in a cell,
Till he said to me,
"I'll never be free,
So I'll meet a few of them in hell."
The road was so dimly lighted;
There were no highway signs to guide;
But they made up their minds
If all roads were blind,
They wouldn't give up till they died.
The road gets dimmer and dimmer;
Sometimes you can hardly see;
But it's fight, man to man,
And do all you can,
For they know they can never be free.
From heart-break some people have suffered;
From weariness some people have died;
But take it all in all,
Our troubles are small
Till we get like Bonnie and Clyde.
If a policeman is killed in Dallas,
And they have no clue or guide;
If they can't find a fiend,
They just wipe their slate clean
And hang it on Bonnie and Clyde.
There's two crimes committed in America
Not accredited to the Barrow mob;
They had no hand
In the kidnap demand,
Nor the Kansas City Depot job.
A newsboy once said to his buddy:
"I wish old Clyde would get jumped;
In these awful hard times
We'd make a few dimes
If five or six cops would get bumped."
The police haven't got the report yet,
But Clyde called me up today;
He said, "Don't start any fights--
We aren't working nights--
We're joining the NRA."
From Irving to West Dallas viaduct
Is known as the Great Divide,
Where the women are kin,
And the men are men,
And they won't "stool" on Bonnie and Clyde.
If they try to act like citizens
And rent them a nice little flat,
About the third night
They're invited to fight
By a sub-gun's rat-tat-tat.
They don't think they're too smart or desperate,
They know that the law always wins;
They've been shot at before,
But they do not ignore
That death is the wages of sin.
Some day they'll go down together;
They'll bury them side by side;
To few it'll be grief--
To the law a relief--
But it's death for Bonnie and Clyde.
