What if I shot myself eight times and then as I died my body was crushed by a falling building and eaten by vultures?
This documentary does a fairly good job of portraying the core tenets and the slightly below the surface history of a man like Johnny Cash, as much as an hour and thirty minutes will allow. The autobiographical tapes were something that really stood out to me, as a form of making sure he was telling his own story rather than relying on others to tell it for him even posthumously. Very in character.
I understand that it’s a Johnny doc, and they want to make him look as good as possible. But I think the makers of this just really did not want to touch on Vivian whatsoever—they didn’t even touch on the parts of his marriage to her that make him seem redeemable, like his fight against the KKK. They refer to her as “his first wife” until he himself mentions her by name in one of the tapes. It didn’t sit right with me unfortunately 🤷♂️
Other than that rather significant part this was a really excellent work. I don’t think the society we live in right now could give us another JRC in any way thanks to its superficial nature and everyone’s inability to connect, since his music was fostered by human connection and the stories that it made. There’s also just too much fucking music and it’s never the real good artists that get put on the radio. Fuck you Luke Bryan Zach Bryan I don’t know if you’re related but your music feels like a ziploc bag with the corner open that you can slowly feel deflating. Realizing I talk like a boomer but I’m seventeen so there’s no hope left for me basically.
Anyway I love you Johnny Cash and I hope you got the redemption you needed. Also Bruce Springsteen jumpscared the fuck out of me
What if I shot myself eight times and then as I died my body was crushed by a falling building and eaten by vultures?
This documentary does a fairly good job of portraying the core tenets and the slightly below the surface history of a man like Johnny Cash, as much as an hour and thirty minutes will allow. The autobiographical tapes were something that really stood out to me, as a form of making sure he was telling his own story rather than relying on others to tell it for him even posthumously. Very in character.
I understand that it’s a Johnny doc, and they want to make him look as good as possible. But I think the makers of this just really did not want to touch on Vivian whatsoever—they didn’t even touch on the parts of his marriage to her that make him seem redeemable, like his fight against the KKK. They refer to her as “his first wife” until he himself mentions her by name in one of the tapes. It didn’t sit right with me unfortunately 🤷♂️
Other than that rather significant part this was a really excellent work. I don’t think the society we live in right now could give us another JRC in any way thanks to its superficial nature and everyone’s inability to connect, since his music was fostered by human connection and the stories that it made. There’s also just too much fucking music and it’s never the real good artists that get put on the radio. Fuck you Luke Bryan Zach Bryan I don’t know if you’re related but your music feels like a ziploc bag with the corner open that you can slowly feel deflating. Realizing I talk like a boomer but I’m seventeen so there’s no hope left for me basically.
Anyway I love you Johnny Cash and I hope you got the redemption you needed. Also Bruce Springsteen jumpscared the fuck out of me
