“Thanksgiving Day, Nov. 28, 1986” first appeared in print in Tornado Alley, a chapbook published by William S. Burroughs in 1989. Two years later, Gus Van Sant (Good Will Hunting, My Own Private Idaho, Milk) shot a montage that brought the poem to film, making it at least the second time the director adapted the beat writer to film.
If you’ve seen Burroughs use Shakepseare’s face for target practice, or if you’ve watched The Junky’s Christmas, you’ll know that he wasn’t kind to convention or tradition. And there are no prisoners taken here, as you’ll see above. Now time for a little Thanksgiving dinner….
h/t BoingBoing
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What a bitter little man. Didn’t die soon enough.
oh hush, didn’t you read the above?
that isn’t bitterness, that’s reality
@GMc,
Don’t think too much of ol’ Bill do ya?
I gotta get going, have to hit the black friday sales. Looking for a tickle me Elmo,knowwutamean?
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Never. Ever. Have I read a more well crafted retort.
Well said.