#Buck Barrow

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I made some Bonnie and Clyde recorded live icons!

Also is it true that someone is making a slime tutorial or something of it?

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Weirdly normal facts about The Barrow Gang:

Bonnie ate boiled eggs. Blanche sometimes boiled them for her

Bonnie and Blanche would sometimes sneak off to movies. But sometimes they all went to the movies together.

Bonnie and Clyde Playing poker, cleaning their guns and making noise until 2am which Blanche said she disapproved of.

Clyde once worked as a movie theatre usher!

The gang rarely woke before noon

Bonnie and Clyde lived messily, everything covered in guns and clothes, but Clyde was an efficient packer.

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i NEED to hear more about you opinions on musical!blanche cause the history about the actual blanche really intrigues me and i need to hear more about it-

blanche caldwell frasure barrow my everything. i would be oh so happy to talk about her ad nauseum — and i did. this post got super fucking long under the cut, and covers her real life backstory as well as the reality behind the events the musical covers, up to buck’s death - which is roughly 1930–1933. but that’s all sort of optional history if you’d like to read an overview of the actual events!! referenced from blanche’s memoirs “my life with bonnie and clyde”, her diaries, and the beautiful site ran by blanche’s cousin deborah moss, which can be found here.

as for my take on her portrayal in the musical:

my main problem with her portrayal in the musical is how unsympathetically they treat her. she is portrayed as whining and positioned as an antagonist to bonnie and clyde and even buck, demanding and spoilt and. almost matronly. she’s made to seem much older than she is, cut down to buck’s annoying wife — the old ball and chain — who is hated by clyde and bonnie. she’s a burden, she’s frumpy and rude, she’s snotty. and none of that was the case!!!

blanche was 19 years old when she married buck, who was eight years older than her. she was good friends with bonnie. clyde liked her and even made her gifts while he was in prison, including a beautiful jewellery box carved with her name.

blanche was young and full of love. she was the second youngest member of the gang, and younger than both clyde and bonnie. she wanted nothing more than a happy life with the man she loved and married, something which i would certainly argue is not insane for a teenage girl to want! she was a devout christian — she was raised that way — but this is played for laughs in the show rather than respected as the faith of a deeply traumatised young woman. her cousin, deborah, described her as a “classy lady” and “all she ever wanted [was peace]”. she was the total opposite of the cloying, squawking annoyance she’s portrayed as in both the musical and the 1967 movie (which blanche famously hated).

overall, she was just a deeply complex and utterly tragic person who deserves more gentle treatment in history than she gets.

content warnings for all sorts under the cut, though it’s all non-graphic — abuse, murder, guns, police violence, etc

blanche was born in 1911, the only child of matthew caldwell — a farmer, preacher, and devout christian, 39 years old — and lillian bell pond, who was 15. her parents divorced when she was young, and she was raised primarily by her father in a loving and devoutly religious home, though maintained a poor relationship with her mother. when she was seventeen, in 1927, she was forced into an arranged marriage by her mother with a man called john calloway. i can’t find any direct sources on how old he was, but he was much older than her — and abused her so horrifically that she was left infertile.

in 1929, she fled to dallas to hide from him with the help of a friend, and that’s where she met buck barrow. buck was eight years older than her and twice divorced, he already had children he’d abandoned, but blanche fell in love with him — and buck fell in love with her, so much so that despite being arrested in a burglary shortly after meeting her (a burglary which clyde was also involved in, but escaped), he broke out of prison and went and found her in 1930, and they hid out at buck’s uncle’s farm until 1931. blanche divorced from her first husband in june 1931, and married buck just a month later in july — and then pleaded he turn himself in to the police to serve the rest of his sentence so that they could start fresh and live freely, terrified of living the rest of their lives on the run.

buck made her a lot of promises, and did turn himself back in in december 1931. meanwhile, blanche moved to denison, texas, and worked at a salon owned by buck and clyde’s oldest sister artie. buck was paroled two years later in 1933, and came straight to pick blanche up for the beginning of their “normal life”. they travelled back to dallas, and were immediately stopped and questioned by police regarding clyde’s whereabouts — bonnie and clyde were well into their crime spree by this time.

buck and blanche were released after questioning, and headed to oklahoma to stay with blanche’s mother. bonnie and clyde (and w.d., another member of the gang, age sixteen, whom i can absolutely make another post about if you’d like to hear about him), arrived later that same night. bonnie was “roaring drunk”, and clyde immediately launched into a plan with buck — buck would join clyde’s gang, and help him raid eastham prison to free another gang member, raymond hamilton. buck immediately agreed.

blanche was petrified. she was adamant that she wouldn’t let buck join the gang, and both bonnie and then buck echoed her fears that clyde’s plan was dangerous — so clyde changed the plan. they’d all go up to joplin, missouri, and hide out there for what would essentially be a two week vacation. buck was adamant he was going with his brother, and blanche couldn’t stomach letting him go alone, so she went too. buck promised her they could convince clyde to give up the gang and go straight.

he lied. a few days into their stay in joplin, he and clyde robbed a national guard armory of as many guns as they could get their hands on. when two weeks had passed, blanche pleaded she and buck leave as promised — and bonnie agreed that they should. she and blanche had become good friends, often going to the movies and shopping together, and bonnie didn’t want blanche and buck to suffer on the run the way she and clyde were.

buck promised blanche again that they would leave on april 14, but then once again changed his mind and promised clyde that they would stay a few more days. this time, however, blanche won the argument, and they were all getting ready to leave on april 13. she was cleaning up the apartment they were staying in, when she heard gunshots raining from outside, and buck screamed that the cops had shown up and they all had to run. blanche, unaware of buck’s involvement in the robberies, asked why they had to run when they hadn’t done anything wrong, but the gunfight with the two police officers turned brutal. buck, clyde, and w.d. were all injured, and the two police officers were killed — something which severely traumatised blanche.

so, the gang went on the run. clyde, buck, and w.d. committed regular robberies to get money. the boys robbed another armory in july, adding to their arsenal, and finally stopped just outside of platte city, missouri, in rented cabins later that same month, because clyde was exhausted and desperate to rest somewhere. he and buck had started to fight viciously, and buck now wanted to leave too, but he and blanche had no way to without their own car.

things in the rental park were not good. they had a lot of suspicion on them, and blanche pled constantly to leave, but clyde was exhausted and adamant she was just paranoid — until around july 21, 1933, when blanche was awoken by a police officer knocking on the door. he demanded to know where the men were, and she spoke loudly to alert buck and clyde as she lied about their whereabouts. buck picked up a gun while clyde crept into the garage to start the car, and they ran outside in the firefight to try and make it the car and get away — and buck was shot, a bullet connecting with his head and knocking him to the ground. blanche was sure he was dead, but he was still conscious enough to make it to the car where he then collapsed. further gunfire shattered the windscreen, and blanche was severely injured by the glass, which blinded her in one eye.

clyde managed to drive away. they drove near nonstop for several days, and made it to the woods of dexfield park, iowa. buck was dying. july 24, after a couple days camped out in the park, the cops caught up to them and began firing on them again. clyde and w.d. fired back, but both were injured, and the car was stuck on a tree stump and couldn’t be started, so they ran instead. buck, barely conscious, made it a few feet before he collapsed, and blanche went down with him as she failed to bear his weight. buck rolled on top of her to protect her from the rest of the gunfire, and was shot five more times. this time, she was sure he was dead, and gave up. she raised her arms to surrender. the cops kept shooting. she was dragged away from buck crying and screaming and blinded, and the two were taken in separate cars to a nearby town’s doctors office.

there, blanche was able to talk to buck one last time. he asked her to stop crying and told her to go and rest. she kissed him and was pulled away by one of the doctors, and was left not knowing buck’s fate. on july 26, 1933, she was taken to missouri and charged with assault and intent to kill, and she pled guilty. she was sentenced to 10 years in prison. buck died on july 29, 1933. blanche was not allowed to attend his funeral.

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Buck Barrow and Clyde Barrow

— From Snow Troupe's "Bonnie and Clyde" (2023) — Played by Kazuki Sora and Ayakaze Sakina

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How Buck and Blanche got involved with The Barrow Gang:

On March 25, 1933, Buck and Blanche drove to Wilmer, TX to stay over Blanche's mother's house. Blanche had not seen her mother in several months and wanted to pay her mother and step-father a visit. They lived in the countryside on a small dairy farm. That night at about 11:00 or 12:00, Clyde arrived with Bonnie and W.D.. Blanche's step-father answered the door to Clyde asking for his brother. Although he didn't recognize the three youngsters, he let them in and told Clyde that Buck is asleep upstairs with Blanche. Buck and Blanche awoke to the sound of their voices, particularly Clyde's. Before the three made it up to their room, Buck ran down the stairs to see his brother. He had not seen him since their short reunion in prison last year. After a few minutes, Buck takes them all into their bedroom upstairs. Clyde and W.D. were carrying shotguns concealed under their coats, and Bonnie was roaring drunk. All of them came and sat on the bed where Blanche was still laying in.

Clyde wanted to talk to Buck and asked W.D. to keep watch at the window for cops. They pulled up some chairs and Clyde started outlining a plan on a map. As Blanche and Bonnie were conversing, Blanche overheard Clyde's plan. He wanted Buck to go with him to Eastham and break out Raymond Hamilton from prison. He also wanted Blanche so that she could visit Raymond and tell him the plan. Blanche interjected and said they weren't going to get involved because Buck just got out of prison. Clyde attempted to assure her that they won't get caught but she stood her ground. The plan didn't sound so good to Buck either, and he tried to persuade him to let it go. Because Blanche's mother and step-father were sleeping, the boys took the argument outside in Clyde's car. Before leaving they told Blanche and Bonnie to get some sleep while they sorted things out.

At about 4 in the morning, Clyde came back upstairs with a now inebriated Buck to discuss a different plan. Clyde wanted them to go to Joplin, Missouri with them and rent out a house together for 3 weeks. He confirmed they had plenty of money and that they wouldn't need to do any robberies. All of this sounded alright to Buck and informed Blanche that he already promised Clyde he would go. Well aware of Clyde's true motives, Blanche still refused. She didn't want to risk losing her husband's life. By this time Bonnie had intervened, but she also failed at trying to convince her.

Seeing that Blanche had made up her mind, the gang walked out to the car with Buck. Blanche said her tearful goodbyes and watched as they drove away. All Blanche could do was cry in her bed. About 30 minutes later, Buck returned to the house and started begging her to come to Joplin with him. He told her if she goes with him, he would try his best to convince Clyde to give up his life of crime. Blanche was crying and clinging to Buck, pleading him not to go. He said he believed he could get his brother to listen to him after staying there for a few days. After arguing back and forth some more, Buck got angry and stated that he isn't changing his mind. This left Blanche feeling defeated. She couldn't bear not knowing if he was safe or in danger with him being miles away from her. In the end, Blanche had no choice but to join them.

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Musical Theatre meme 2023

↳ [9/9] Characters → Blanche Barrow

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Nobody fw barrow gang reaction pics like i do because why did this idea come to me at 2am

Clyde Barrow Marvin Ivan ‘Buck’ Barrow

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thinking about how buck says "i don't want her comin' round here no more :(" in the original broadway recording of youre goin back to jail from bonnie and clyde why is he so girlypop

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A promotional image for Samppalinnan kesäteatteri's upcoming summer 2024 outdoor production of Bonnie & Clyde.

Featuring Marketta Tikkanen as Bonnie, Karlo Haapiainen as Clyde, Maria Lund as Blanche and Jonas Saari as Buck.

Photo by Otto-Ville Väätäinen.

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BROOOO BONNIE AND CLYDE WOULD LOOK LIKE LITTLE KIDS COMPARED TO HIM😭

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In the proshot I miss the part where they just full on dunk Buck during his baptism in God's Arms Are Always Open.

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So I'm making a part 2 to this ask

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Just a reminder that Bonnie, Clyde, Buck and Blanche did jigsaw puzzles together. Just imagine it, criminals on the run just doing puzzles in their spare time

[kaitlinj16]

Bonnie & Clyde (2013)

🖤🖤🖤

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