As it’s the 88th anniversary of their loss of life, and the upcoming Bonnie and Clyde pageant close to the place they have been gunned down approaches, I’m reminded of our highway journey via north Louisiana and our go to to the Bonnie & Clyde Ambush Museum.
Their day, and their lives, would finish on the receiving facet of over 150 bullets fired upon their automobile in beneath 16 seconds. Every of them can be hit so many instances, the undertaker would have a tough time embalming the our bodies.
By the point the smoke cleared, their place in historical past as America’s authentic “Trip or Die” couple, can be solidified for eternity.
However what’s it about their story that continues to captivate an viewers that hasn’t even been alive half so long as they’ve been lifeless?
Is it the Romeo & Juliet a part of their story? The one the place they each got here from nothing, and have been doing no matter they needed to as a result of it doesn’t matter what occurs, they nonetheless have one another?
Is it the Robinhood a part of their story? The one the place they grew up within the Nice Despair and would unfold the cash they stole across the city and the household?
Is it the Wild West a part of their story? The one the place it was simply the 2 of them, unstoppable, unbreakable, out on their very own using off into the sundown?
On the time it had so much to do with a roll of movie the police discover and would later develop, giving the press latest photos to publish, of them in fancy garments being playful and smiling. The melancholy was the large situation of their day, and it didn’t matter to Bonnie and Clyde, you virtually had to envy them.
However, what’s it at this time?
What makes a brand new technology of individuals fall in love with the story of two youngsters turned younger adults, robbing mother and pop shops and being gunned down in an ambush?
Is that this stunning nation of ours cranking out hybristophiliacs by the hundreds? Hybristophilia is when somebody finds it pleasurable when their companion commits violent acts, it’s even known as Bonnie and Clyde syndrome. Although possibly it ought to simply be known as Bonnie Syndrome as it’s often seen in girls.
No matter it’s, there’s an simple attraction to Americas first killer couple, one which my Spouse and I share. A lot so, that we determined that the final get collectively we had in our sticks and bricks home, can be a Bonnie and Clyde theme celebration, and our associates didn’t disappoint.
We even had associates fly in from out of state to be in attendance, and one other known as in a favor to ensure we had a 1930’s Ford within the driveway when their automobile couldn’t make it. To say we miss all of our associates again residence can be an understatement, however that’s for an additional time.
You see, for me I believe it could be a mix of all of the elements of the story put collectively that pulls me in to the story of their lives. It’s virtually like being star struck, which is odd for me as I’d somewhat have a cup of espresso with a scientist than get an autograph from a sports activities star.
I believe the story clicks a change in my mind, one which hasn’t been clicked in most of us for the reason that caveman days. In a bizarre approach, and I’m no neuroscientist, I believe Clydes kill or be killed life-style is hardwired into mens brains from delivery. Why else would so many people voluntarily make careers out of violent sports activities and aggressive behaviors, and what man doesn’t need a Trip or Die chick by his facet?
And each time I watch a nature channel particular on pack animals, the narrator all the time says the females of the pack will mate with whoever wins this combat, as a result of they’re now the brand new Alpha chief. Maybe Hybristophilia is solely a genetic maintain over from our caveman days, just like when my excessive upkeep canine who will get her hair and nails executed month-to-month, rolls round on lifeless bugs to odor like a hunter to the remainder of the pack, after we don’t even have one other canine.
Retaining with these two strains of thought, maybe Bonnie & Clyde Syndrome can solely exist in symbiosis. The Ying wants the Yang. With out Juliet, Romeo is nothing.
Possibly that is the draw.
We’re all trying to discover the Ying to our Yang that matches up as completely as theirs did. A narrative of affection so sturdy that nobody questions it virtually 100 years later. Discovering somebody who you by no means should query if they are going to be by your facet via thick and skinny.
If in case you have the time, it is best to take the journey to Gibsland Louisiana, and go to the Bonnie and Clyde Ambush Museum. When you are there remember to say hello to the Proprietor Perry, and chat with him for some time. He can assist you separate truth from fantasy, and fable from actuality, and will even make it easier to see that the grass isn’t all the time greener on the opposite facet, and possibly…
Simply possibly…
You already discovered the Ying to your Yang.
(Take a look at our journey via Louisiana and to the Bonnie and Clyde Ambush Web site right here)
