[AGL] Frida devotion, Natalie Mains devotion...

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I don't think it was a 2x4 but a large and pointed piece pf metal, a hand rail - horrific enough. 
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Frances Morey 
  To: survivors' reminiscences about Austin Ghetto Daze in the 60s 
  Sent: Wednesday, November 29, 2006 9:58 PM
  Subject: Re: [AGL] Frida devotion, Natalie Mains devotion...


  Jon,
  I remember thinking it was somehow a miracle that she survived being impaled through and through by a board that size.
  I recommend "Shut Up and Sing" for a pleasant visit with some terrific Dixie Chicks.
  Best,
  Frances

  Jon Ford <jonmfordster at hotmail.com> wrote:

    Frances-- it's a miracle she lived at all. Most people would have died in 
    that accident. I think the film shows this fairly well.

    Jon

    >From: Frances Morey 
    >Reply-To: survivors' reminiscences about Austin Ghetto Daze in the 
    >60s
    >To: survivors' reminiscences about Austin Ghetto Daze in the 
    >60s
    >Subject: Re: [AGL] Frida devotion may be a health hazard, Say what?
    >Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2006 11:04:32 -0800 (PST)
    >
    >I say never let facts get in the way of a good story.
    > Best,
    > Frances
    >
    >Michael Eisenstadt wrote:
    > Frances,
    >
    >not for the first time, you got the story 100% backwards.
    >
    >she had umpteen surgeries all the way to the end of
    >her life. no recovery, no poster child.
    >
    >to leave that out of the account is not untypical of
    >the Frida devotee and those who get the facts from
    >what they saw in a movie.
    >
    >Mike
    >
    >
    > > C'mon Mike,
    > > Surely you recognize that Frida was a poster child for miracle
    > > recoveries. I wasn't completely aware of the extent of her trauma from 
    >the
    > > two by four until I saw Salma's movie. Wow! It made a true believer 
    >outta
    > > me--how the body can recover from something like that! What does such an
    > > awareness have that would make someone in any way vulnerable? Who do you
    > > know that suffered from Frida worship? What happened to them that makes
    > > you say such a thing?
    > > Best,
    > > Frances
    >
    >
    >
    >
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