"I AM 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.