Slouching towards Bethlehem is one crazy read. It did a lot to purify my view of the era which is usually only described through rose, or poop-colored glasses. I loooove the title as it describes everybody's search for the ultimate as it were, especially in the sixties, they were all looking for something. It's interesting that the kids that were attempting to create 'a community in a social vacuum,' would just hang out, defy the don'ts that their parents established, and talked in this kind of thematic language with grooves and trips. But can it not be simply explained by their need to reject those that brought them, 'saran wrap and nukes?'
The blackface scene goes a long way to illustrate the radical political culture, and how sometimes they just wanted to start some shit. But the characters are the best, i like how they are defined by their drug practices to a large extent. Whether they shoot crystal, do acid, STP, or smack is very descriptive of their social standing on Haight St, and their views and personalities.
The only part I'm not sure about is the whole explanatory section where she tells the media how dumb they are, which was probably good for the time as a way to counteract media poisoning, but it upsets here deep method of show-don't-tell.
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