Ken Russell's 1986 flick Gothic, which purports to tell the story of that fateful evening. Gothic falls under the "so bad it's good" heading, an artistic form for which the late director had a particular gift, and contrives to make the episode peculiarly reminiscent, at least to this viewer's doddering sensibilities, of certain undergraduate ergot alkaloid-fueled all-nighters circa 1970. Joe Bob says check it out, but fortify yourself with something from Schedule 1 beforehand.

We now return the forum from this cultural digression to its designated subject.

cordially,