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SECOND THOUGHTS

The more I thought about the Gimme Shelter debacle shown in the Maysle brothers' film, the more I realized how incredibly naive the Stones themselves were about all of it.

They were even unaware of their own physical danger. The mob was only an arm's reach away.

Or maybe it was not naiveté but rather hubris and a liberal dose of alcohol and drugs.

The Jim Beam or whatever is never very far out of sight in any scene and while we do not see them loading up you can be sure that was going on. After all, quality of performance was not at issue. They were doing numbers (sloppily) that they had done since they were pups.

Ahhhh. The innocent days of love, peace, and anarchy. How they got out with their own skins intact is the miracle. You see them scramble into the escape helicopter at the end of the picture. It is the clown car in reverse; so many people getting in and on each other's laps you think it will not take off.

I guess this means that yesterday's movie got to me more than I thought. I hardly ever write a second note.

That may give the Maysles a 5 out of Netflix5. Indelibility.