[rhombus]

They set up a trap for them using someone they knew. Then teh cops filled the car and them with an immense amount of lead.

It was interesting how Bonnie and Clyde were made into folk heroes in the sixties by a hit song and a movie. Even then...what was Hollywood thinking?

[cajungirl]

my mom saw Bonnie and Clydes’s bodies. ANd she was shocked to discover Bonnie was not wearing underpants!

[Borges]

Outlaws like Jesse James and various gangsters like Al apone had been folk heroes much earlier.

[mombonn]

It was interesting how Bonnie and Clyde were made into folk heroes in the sixties . . .

I was going to post a similar comment. I remember going to see it, and felt sorry for them in spite of knowing what they had done.

what was Hollywood thinking?

Some things never change. What evil have they not glorified?

[snowsislander]

It was interesting how Bonnie and Clyde were made into folk heroes in the sixties by a hit song and a movie. Even then...what was Hollywood thinking?

It is interesting how such elevations happen. I was reading about how in Australia one "Ned Kelly" became a folk hero, although it is hard for me to see any redeeming qualities about him and his activities.