Jerry Aronson’s 1993 documentary on the poet Allen Ginsberg offers a solid if uninspired consideration of one of the most intriguing literary figures of the post-World War II counterculture.
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Jerry Aronson’s 1993 documentary on the poet Allen Ginsberg offers a solid if uninspired consideration of one of the most intriguing literary figures of the post-World War II counterculture.
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Is it ridiculous to think the government killed Trudell’s family? Is it dumb to think the government had it out for Trudell at all? Not when you pile on the evidence. Lennon, Hoffman, Kennedy all were radical thinkers whom are still discussed as men possibly done in by their own government, but the documentary “Trudell” is apologist in every way and form making exception for Trudell who, simply put, incited violence and in many ways had the potential for terrorism. Not only was committing the crime of burning an American flag a possible clue, but he called for revolution and war. The fact he hated America didn’t make him less interesting to me, but the mere fact that he had the potential to be a terrorist in the sense of Guevera makes him a slight threat, thus a reasonable worry for the government.