Episode 56: Andy Warhol: The Silver Wears Off The Factory - Part 2
This episode wraps-up the chronicle of The Factory’s downward slide. Drella has made the scene at The Factory and there has been some fallout. A script entitled “Up Your Ass” led to Andy Warhol barely cheating death at the hands of its author, Valarie Solanas. She called the Factory dwellers the “Stupidstars” and Warhol “a vulture and a thief.” The resulting scars Andy had — both physical and emotional — would last the rest of his life.
E X T R A S :
(Top to bottom): Valerie Solanas with police (1968), front page of the New York Post (June 4, 1968), advertisement with Richard Avedon’s photo of Warhol’s scarred torso, Warhol self-portrait with skull
Andy Warhol Timeline (Rebecca Lowrey)
Andy Warhol Biography
(MoMA, The Andy Warhol Museum, Wikipedia)
“Andy Warhol: A Documentary Film” by Ric Burns
- Part 1 (YouTube), Part 2 (YouTube)
- Interviews with some of the Factory regulars at the hospital when Warhol was shot (1:32:36 - 1:32:57)