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Re: suicide?



I also believe that the album was about Jimmy's transition.
Most of the songs seem to be about Jimmy being fed up with
the circles of people in his life but not in a suicidal way.  
I thought seeing the Bell Boy made him realized that it 
was time to move on, not die.  If anything died it was being a 
Mod that died. 

I believe that growing up forces us to realize that
we are surrounded by people just plain old imperfect people and that
includes our parents and friends. In the end, the people we aspire to be 
are not better than us and the people we dislike are more like us 
than we would like to admit.



----- Original Message ----- 
From: Jill Jackson <jjackson504@webtv.net>
To: Cory Anderson <coryndenise@earthlink.net>
Cc: <thewho@igtc.com>
Sent: Wednesday, August 16, 2000 1:35 PM
Subject: Re: suicide?


> Cory,
> 
> It looks like a couple of responses on the WHO list say at the beginning
> of the film you see Jimmy walking away from the cliff....therefore the
> whole film is a flashback....which makes sense.  Except I didn't get
> that...(Was I in the kitchen getting a snack?  Jeez...)
> 
> My 18 yr. old daughter LOVES this film by the way, so I'm used to
> debating the merits of it.  And she felt strongly that Jimmy doesn't die
> at the end.  And I feel strongly that there was redemption at the end of
> the album....which I failed to see in the movie.  See, I really really
> liked the character of mixed-up Jimmy on the album.  Was fascinated by
> him.  Felt like a female version of him.  By the time I watched the
> video, I was middle-aged.  Do you think that might color my response to
> it?  I bet it does.  I wanted to see the Jimmy of my youth....what I saw
> on screen was a sad and pathetic kid, with asshole friends, and a
> beautiful girlfriend  who defined the word Bitch.  It made me queasy.
> Perhaps the thought that I had  NOT been infinitely amusing and quirky
> and misunderstood as a kid, but merely sad and pathetic....yechh!!
> 
> I think my original instinct regarding this film was accurate....The
> film came out in 1979.  I was married by that time, and my life revolved
> around bill collectors, and an alcoholic husband.  So I thought to
> myself "This film will never have the impact of the album on my life.
> It'll be a disappointment and a waste of time to go see it."  But the
> dirty truth may be that I realized I was turning into Jimmy's parent.
> Double yechh!!
> 
> Enjoy the concert! (tonight?)
> 
> -Jill-
> 
>