Re: Peter Orlovsky

General-Zod wrote:
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Will Dockery wrote:

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On Wednesday, August 9, 2023 at 4:03:07 PM UTC-4, K. Hematite wrote:

On Sunday, 6 August 2023 at 14:18:09 UTC-4, Will Dockery wrote:
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K, is that Peter Orlovsky driving across country with John Goodman in

the back seat, or is this a generic Beat Generation guy?
Afraid that I'm not in any position to provide a definitive answer to
that question. The character Johnny Five does, out of the blue, suddenly
announce to the car passengers "Clean Asshole Poems--Orlovsky," although
whether this constitutes a claim of authorship or is merely a reference
is far from clear. Later, at a roadside restaurant, Johnny Five seems to
be reading--from what looks to me like a manuscript, not a published
book--the poem "My Bed Is Covered Yellow" by Orlovsky. That could
suggest that he was indeed intended to be taken as some version of
Orlovsky.
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On the other hand, Johnny Five does tell Llewyn Davis that he acted for
a while, appearing in the early 1960s play "The Brig," but that the
police closed the show. I can't find anything that connects Orlovsky to
"The Brig," although he did act in several films. I checked out the
original cast listing for "The Brig" and Orlovsky wasn't in it.
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So, I'd say that the Johnny Five character probably inhabits the range
between Orlovsky himself and some more generic representation of a Beat
Era poet. Tangentially, a year before "Inside Llewyn Davis," Garrett
Hedlund, who played Johnny Five, had the part of Dean Moriarty in "On
the Road."
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My Bed is Covered Yellow by Peter Orlovsky
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My bed is covered yellow - Oh Sun, I sit on you
Oh golden field I lay on you
Oh money I dream of you
More, More, cried the bed - talk to me more -
Oh bed that taked the weight of the world -
all the lost dreams laid on you
Oh bed that grows no hair, that cannot be fucked
or can be fucked
Oh bed crumbs of all ages spiled on you
Oh yellow bed march to the sun whear yr journey will be done
Oh 50 lbs. of bed that takes 400 more lbs-
how strong you are
Oh bed, only for man & not for animals
yellow bed when will the animals have equal rights?
Oh 4 legged bed off the floor forever built
Oh yellow bed all the news of the world
lay on you at one time or another
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1957, Paris

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Thanks, yes, probably a Coen Brothers alternate universe person, as
Llewyn Davis himself is.

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(Moved from another thread for continuity)

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Again cool

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Good evening my friend.