Spalding Gray is missing
Actor Spalding Gray is missing - and this article at Fox suggests that he may have committed suicide. If true, then the world has lost a master essayist and commentator. While the article mentioned the classic “Swimming to Cambodia” it failed to note the basis for masterpiece of monologue: the filming of The Killing Fields in which Gray acted. The Killing Fields documents what best could be described as a descent into hell by a Cambodian translator, Dith Pran. The Khmer Rouge atrocities committed in Cambodia aren’t mentioned much these days - yet they should be since they probably rank second only to the Holocaust when it comes to genocide.
We hope that Gray is indeed still around and offering his poignant commentary on world affairs. And if you don’t know much about Pran, follow the links above and learn more about one of the darkest periods in world history.
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