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Being Evel Movie (Spoiler Alert)
Posted by DaveKF
on 8/22/2015, 8:21 am
If you haven't seen it yet then don't read my comments. It was great. Sheldon Saltman made a great comment about Evel at the end saying we should forget about the bad things he did and look at the good he did. Looking back at the baseball bat event I think now Evel did it for publicity and perhaps frustration. I can't think of any other reason . Kelly Knievel said he was mad at Evel for doing it. Linda said the book Saltman wrote was true. But here is the worst part about it. The book wasn't a big deal. It really wasn't .In fact some said the book might have not received any attention if not for the beating . And if you go back and look at other stories you see much more damaging news reports then the book had in it. I just think it was an excuse to go after him. I was mad at Evel for doing it. Why? Because Evel could have made a nice living promoting Safety for the rest of his life. I knew he was in trouble when my Parents told me to stop idolizing him. I didn't stop but I was also concerned about his empire. Some good footage and it brings back many memories. I have to put 1975 as his best year and 1977 as his worst. I remember The Bionic Woman episode was shown after he was arrested. I have to give the filmmakers credit for showing both sides to him.
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