[joe-frank-list] Larry's failed love affair in 'Karma part 1'

[russellbell at gmail.com]

	About 25 minutes into 'Karma part 1' (2000) Larry tells of a
love affair he had '22 years ago' when he was '32, 33 years old' (He
was born 1942 October 30) with Barbara, a tall blonde woman from
Washington (state) who worked as a waitress where he worked as a
bartender.  It lasted for '3, 4 weeks', ended Larry did not know why.
Larry was distraught, told her that he had given her his 'love
feather' (allegedly an image borrowed from Native Americans - I find
no evidence of this), didn't know if he had another, fell
thoughtlessly into subsequent relationships, including the one with
his wife ('a Camus thing').  Barbara married soon afterwards, later
divorced, teaches acting at Rutgers and has 2 grown daughters.
	In 'Four-part dissonance' (2001) Larry tells of the summer he
did 'Comedy of errors' in Central Park (1975) (about 24 minutes in).
He claims he had sexual affairs with 3 actresses.  Joe asks if they're
recognizable names.  Larry says, 'One readily, the second
not-so-readily, and the third is a professor of theatre at Rutgers -
and she'd be the one I'd probably go to if the three of them came back
to me again... Within 1 week I had sexual romance with these 3
beautiful women.'  He identified then as 'probably the highest point
of my life'.  He didn't sound distraught about the outcome of his
affair with Barbara.
	22 years seems like a short time for Barbara, an actor, to
have married, become a professor at Rutgers, have 2 grown daughters.

	Perhaps Barbara found out about the other 2 women.  Did any 1
of these 3 women come back to him?  NO!  Ingrates.

	Anyone know about 'love feathers'?

	I suspect the story in 'Karma part 1' exaggerated.  I can
imagine how his wife reacted to his characterization of their marriage
when the show came out.  They stayed married until his death in 2012,
12 years later; she was making more money than he, they lived in a
small apartment - she didn't *have* to put up with him.

russell bell