As it’s the 88th anniversary of their dying, and the upcoming Bonnie and Clyde competition close to the place they have been gunned down approaches, I’m reminded of our highway journey by north Louisiana and our go to to the Bonnie & Clyde Ambush Museum.
Their day, and their lives, would finish on the receiving aspect of over 150 bullets fired upon their automotive in below 16 seconds. Each of them can be hit so many occasions, the undertaker would have a tough time embalming the our bodies.
By the time the smoke cleared, their place in historical past as America’s unique “Ride or Die” couple, can be solidified for eternity.
But 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 Great Depression 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?
At the time it had quite a bit to do with a roll of movie the police discover and would later develop, giving the press current footage to publish, of them in fancy garments being playful and smiling. The despair was the large problem of their day, and it didn’t matter to Bonnie and Clyde, you nearly had to envy them.
But, what’s it right this moment?
What makes a brand new technology of individuals fall in love with the story of two children turned younger adults, robbing mother and pop shops and being gunned down in an ambush?
Is 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 referred to as Bonnie and Clyde syndrome. Though perhaps it ought to simply be referred to as Bonnie Syndrome as it’s often seen in girls.
Whatever it’s, there may be an simple attraction to Americas first killer couple, one which my Wife and I share. So 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 social gathering, and our buddies didn’t disappoint.
We even had buddies fly in from out of state to be in attendance, and one other referred to as in a favor to ensure we had a 1930’s Ford within the driveway when their automotive couldn’t make it. To say we miss all of our buddies again house can be an understatement, however that’s for an additional time.
You see, for me I believe it might be a mixture of all of the components of the story put collectively that attracts me in to the story of their lives. It’s nearly like being star struck, which is odd for me as I’d slightly have a cup of espresso with a scientist than get an autograph from a sports activities star.
I believe the story clicks a swap in my mind, one which hasn’t been clicked in most of us for the reason that caveman days. In a bizarre manner, and I’m no neuroscientist, I believe Clydes kill or be killed way of life is hardwired into mens brains from start. Why else would so many people voluntarily make careers out of violent sports activities and aggressive behaviors, and what man doesn’t desire a Ride or Die chick by his aspect?
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 struggle, as a result of they’re now the brand new Alpha chief. Perhaps 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 completed month-to-month, rolls round on lifeless bugs to odor like a hunter to the remainder of the pack, once we don’t even have one other canine.
Keeping with these two traces of thought, maybe Bonnie & Clyde Syndrome can solely exist in symbiosis. The Ying wants the Yang. Without Juliet, Romeo is nothing.
Maybe that is the draw.
We are 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 nearly 100 years later. Finding somebody who you by no means should query if they are going to be by your aspect by thick and skinny.
If you have got the time, it is best to take the journey to Gibsland Louisiana, and go to the Bonnie and Clyde Ambush Museum. While you might be there make sure you say hello to the Owner Perry, and chat with him for some time. He may help you separate reality 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 aspect, and perhaps…
Just perhaps…
You already discovered the Ying to your Yang.
(Check out our journey by Louisiana and to the Bonnie and Clyde Ambush Site right here)