A bit of bland news came out involving West London’s Wormwoods Scrubs prison, where Pete is currently sequestered. The facility shall be soon be offering a two-hour Shakespeare lecture within its prison education workshops. This one-off program will involve a lecture and roleplay among the prisoners, which could take any route, as far as Shakespeare is concerned, but the undecided subject matter is “likely to be a scene involving ‘conflict and violence’ of some kind.” One of the supposed teachers had this to say:
“I do hope Mr Doherty will come up and get involved. He must know a lot of Shakespeare and he obviously already has good performing skills.”
Naturally, the Daily Star has embellished this story, which includes lurid details of Doherty signing up to play the male lead in Romeo and Juliet.
He has auditioned for the part of Romeo in a production of Shakespeare’s most famous romance – although his fellow inmates see him more as Juliet. We bet they do.
He also wants to choreograph prisoners at the hard-as-nails clink in a routine to his Babyshambles Tourettes classic F*** Forever.
Well, I’d make an offhanded comment about how you can’t make this shit up, but obviously, one can do just that.
Now, while Doherty supposedly enjoys the 5-star luxuries of prison life, his fans have rallied on Facebook with a do-nothing group:
Free Pete Doherty! Okay, he’s no angel. But does is a 14 week prison sentence really justified for a self-harming poet? I think not… Rally behind this group and show your support, it’s time to show the world what kind of fans “No mates doherty” really has!
Oh, please. This group sounds far more interesting:
Atomic Wedgie For Pete Doherty: Whoever can pull Pete Doherty’s pants over his own pea-shaped head will receive the sum of ten english pounds. Offer retracted if Doherty writes a hit song about the incident.
Now, onto a group that doesn’t quite realize its own agenda:
If Jesus Came Back as a Crack Addict From London, He Would Be Pete Doherty: The lead singer of The Libertines and Babyshambles is amazing at making music, and he smokes rocks, what’s not to like?
Finally, some social networkers have chosen a narrower focus:
If By Legend, You Mean Pete Doherty is a Talentless Twat: Pete Doherty has done nothing of note for about a year and a half now other than smoke crack, shoot up, inject girls, skip rehab frequently, steal a car, not turn up at gigs, let down retarded fans, get arrested several times and still not go to prison. Could somebody point out what makes this prick a legend?
Well, that prick named Pete Doherty is a legend because you’re paying attention and talking about it. ‘Nuff said. Or, to paraphrase Dr. Seuss… An artist’s an artist, no matter how small.
Here are more pictures of Pete Doherty, Carl Barat, and the rest of The Libertines, circa 2002, at the Rhythm Factory in London:
