It was Valerie Solanas, and it was 40 years ago today.
Solanas was a feminist icon who was working as a prostitute to try and make a living in the city. Like so many girls with abusive pasts (such as Edie Sedgwick), she was drawn to Warhol, but on June 3, 1968, Solanas shot both him, and curator Mario Amaya, in Warhol's New York City studio. Warhol was severely wounded, and just barely made it through with his life. She was ultimately driven to this extreme after Warhol lost a script she had given him to look over in 1967. The script was for a play entitled Up Your Ass, and Warhol had dismissed it thinking it was a trap set up by police. Warhol found it was too pornographic to think otherwise. This is saying a lot, as his own films were commonly shut down for being so controversial. I originally wanted to post a clip from one of them, but even clips are too inappropriate to show you. Feel free to look them up on your own. He's done some interesting work. And yes, I am aware that this is not a piece of "music" history, but what a great bit of pop culture information it is!
Since I can't show you anything else, here is a 4 minute clip of Andy Warhol eating a hamburger. Enjoy.
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2 comments:
ugh. That video did not make me hungry. i almost threw up while watching it. and yet, i watched the whole thing. because i enjoy torturing myself. I like the french subtitles at the end. very hip.
I think this was a good piece of pop culture too.
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