In the interview about Abbie Hoffman with Jeannie Garofalo she said >JG: Abbie Hoffman welcomed any and all publicity. He would have killed >to >have his photo taken all the time and to be interviewed. This is not exactly true , that was one of the reasons that the character of Abbie didn't really work in the film. Those who knew Abbie, knew the actor wasn't really how Abbie was. Abbie wanted publicity, but he wanted it for the issue. He gave and shared, the spot light around political issues with other folks and often tried to take it away from himself. For example, I was in the car with him going to the 20 th reunion of the Columbia University l968 take over . He saw the media coming towards him so he wrote FUCK on his forhead so none of the photos of him could be used . He wouldn't talk to the press , insisting that others around were more important in the take over at Columbia and they should talk to media. Roz Payne
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