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Western Carolinian Volume 72 Number 03

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  • Pe! Oa Bel aun, oss 2 os Blow, By Bruce Porter By Margaret Hester WCnewsmagazine By now, every one of you has more than likely seen the movie Blow. For the girls, it was Johnny Depp, for the guys it was Penelope Cruz that attracted many to the theater. However, a cast of beautiful actors and actresses was not the only thing that made Blow a great movie that topped the charts; it was the story. Hollywood has been known to fabricate true stories every once in a while in order to create a better flowing & perhaps more entertaining movie. | have nothing against that. However, in this case, | wanted to know the actual Story; which is why | placed Blow by Bruce Porter on my reading list for the summer. Blow tells the story of a young, all-American boy named George Jung. George spent many of his high-school years playing football, hanging out with friends, and of course, picking up ladies. He, like many others in the 50s, grew up in a family struggling to maintain a certain lifestyle & image. No matter how hard Georges father worked, they still did not make enough money. Throughout his fathers effort to create more income, George decided he never wanted to experience life like that again. After High School, George moved to California to start a new life, away from his parents. While in California, George fell into the marijuana business: which eventually got him arrested. Once inside jail, instead of getting clean, George made many connections, one that even got him into the Columbian cocaine business. Once in the business, George is sent on a whirlwind of adventures and placing his life on the line, all for the sake of Americas desire for cocaine. The Gringo, as he was called by the Columbians, helped create the cocaine scene of the 60s and 70s. Although the movie was entertaining, there are many differences from the book. The first & most noticeable was that the names were changed. For a reader that is used to the names given in the movie, it may make the book difficult to follow. Also, not everything happened like it was told in the movie. For instance, George & Tuna (his high school friend) did not break into to marijuana business by flying down to Mexico themselves. But, | dont want to spoil any of the adventures for those of you wanting to read the book. Let's just say that there are many more things that happened that are much more exciting than what happened within the movie. The writing of Blow was also very different from most other biographical-type books. Since Bruce Porter is a newspaper writer, this book follows the same style. Porter interviewed anyone and everyone that was even remotely involved with George, including George. He then took the stories, and pieced them together to create Blow. | felt as though it was a well-written and researched account of George Jungs career within the cocaine business. If you are interested in reading more about the life of George Jung, or even just to learn more about the drug industry in the 60s and 70s, | recommend picking up a copy of Bruce Porters Blow.
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The Western Carolinian is Western Carolina University’s student-run newspaper. The paper was published as the Cullowhee Yodel from 1924 to 1931 before changing its name to The Western Carolin...

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