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Is the Tragic Love of Bobby and Jackie a Hoax?
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Baroness
07/26/09

In reply to Is the Tragic Love of Bobby and Jackie a Hoax?
To answer the question, yes. It's a sensationalistic angle for someone to pick the Kennedy bones, but woeful and placing way to much weight on rumor.

Despite her tabloid fame (and secret enjoyment of it), sex seems to be the last thing ever on Jackie's mind. If she drew close to Bobby, it was because the entire nation demanded family continuity with the Kennedys. She'd had a pretty tenuous and mercenary connection with the family to begin with. While I believe Jackie did grow fond of JFK after many bumps in the road, Jackie exulted in being First Lady.

I disbelieve rumors of an affair with RFK sheerly because he was such an unattractive wee bantam of a man. He wasn't Jackie's type at all. But after JFK's murder, I can see them drawing close- but as family. It must be the most underrated and underexplored trope of life and literature, the (non-sexual) bond that a man can have with his brother's wife. And heightened to the extent of the Kennedy dramas of those years- well yes, I can see a bond forming. They'd already been through a lot together, Bobby and Jackie were canny allies. They weren't fools. They probably talked and coordinated the aftermath of JFK's hundreds of infidelities.

I think they had a bond there, they were friends. Imagining a romance in a tabloid way, - well people will do that. But Bobby was such a boring grind, Jackie eager to flee to her new life- I don't think it's likely. They had deep and fond affection for each other, as inlaws can. And when Bobby was killed, Jackie fled to Onassis for protection. She realized what a dangerous family she was linked to. What a sick deja vù Bobby's murder must have been.
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dtopping
07/26/09

@Baroness: I can't tell who does a better job of talking out of their ass, you or Heymann. You should totally write a book!
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PandoraSpocks
07/27/09

@dtopping: Oh piss off.
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Voyou_Charmant
07/27/09

@Baroness: Whatever, lady! I want to believe in Bobby awkwardly fingering Jackie by the pool. I've already commissioned a painting of it -- it better be true or this painting will be silly!
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kitkatsplash
03/07/09

In reply to The Week in Theater: Claire Huxtable the Drug Addict
Love this feature, Richard. Thanks for including some Chicago-based productions.
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Spirit Fingers
03/07/09

In reply to The Week in Theater: Claire Huxtable the Drug Addict
Whatever happened to plays onstage that were meant to be plays? All this Hollywood movie adaptation crud is disheartening. I understand that there are just some movies that are so great that you just want to see them again in some form, but not everything lends itself to the stage. Weekend at Bernie's on Broadway should prove to be quite entertaining don't you think? (Oh, yeah, like it could never happen.)
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♥AntiSocialSocialite♥
03/07/09

In reply to The Week in Theater: Claire Huxtable the Drug Addict
between this and rudy huxtable playing a prostitute in tyler perry's madea goes to jail, my childhood is being violently raped.
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Kobayashi Maru
03/07/09

In reply to The Week in Theater: Claire Huxtable the Drug Addict
Any word on the Passing Strange movie? I heard Spike Lee filmed it for release. I completely adored that show.
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Seth Stewart
03/07/09

In reply to The Week in Theater: Claire Huxtable the Drug Addict
I love reading about things getting booed, but the link takes me to the ghastly news about "Ghost."
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Richard Lawson
03/07/09

@Seth Stewart: Apologies. Fixing now.
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