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He WAS Woody Guthrie

Last Wednesday, I witnessed David Carradine’s public implosion at my home-away-from-home, the Aero Theater here in Santa Monica. (Favorite bit: Carradine declaring “I am Woody Guthrie!” and an irate audience member shouting back “No, you’re not!”). My pesky Midwestern politeness prevented me from blogging about it–though not from performing it for my wife when I got home. Luckily Hollywood Elsewhere has a full report. To be frank, it was quite harrowing to watch someone so clearly out of control. And it was a double shame, because it followed Carradine’s superb performance as Woody Guthrie in the Hal Ashby film Bound for Glory.