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Clyde: Impotent?

posted 14 years ago by sluggo66
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Impotent or gay? I never heard/read anything to that effect. How come he is in this film. I know he was abused in prison, perhaps that had something to do with it. Any historians out there?

[–] lmclean11 14 years ago

A fairly new biography by Jeff Guinn titled GO DOWN TOGETHER is regarded as very accurate and well done and the "bible" on Bonnie and Clyde. According to that book Clyde was abused in prison which started some stories but was not impotent or gay. This was an invention of the writers for movie purposes.

[–] first-things-first 10 years ago

Thank-you, I came here to find out myself.

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[–] ladylaughinglizard 10 years ago

I thought maybe he was a virgin!
But who knows, maybe he went to jail right away - he didn't have a chance and wanted to maintain a sense of respectable authority in front of Bonnie. When they finally do it he was like "was that right?" Or something (like he didn't had any other reference)

[–] Karl Self 9 years ago

In the original version of the script they described him as gay, which was later changed to impotent. Apparently in real life, he was neither.

[–] Holloway_Harris 8 years ago

He was raped a lot in prison. I'm sure that had a profound effect on him.