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Surviving James Dean ReviewI just finished reading Surviving James Dean by William Bast. Bast was Dean's best friend during the last five years of his life. The book is excellent. I have read other Dean biographies, but Bast's book completes the portrait of the man in a way that could only be done by a close friend.
Dean is fairly and lovingly portrayed, but the book is not a hagiography. Bast acknowledges Dean's character flaws (we all have them!) without dwelling on them. Instead of the rebel, the introvert, the selfish fellow who has been written about in many lesser biographies, Bast introduces the reader to a young man filled with compassion, generosity, and love of life. This is the James Dean who crawls into Bast's bed and holds him after Bast says good-bye to a lover headed to the battlegrounds of Korea. This is the man who holds his aunt's arthritic hand and strokes it soothingly as he talks with her. This is the movie star on the cusp of success who stops his car on the side of a desert highway to hold and comfort a bird as it dies.
Bast argues that Dean was at the very least bisexual and more likely homosexual. He acknowledges that the two of them had a sexual relationship and that Dean had sexual relations with several other men. That information, combined with Bast's conviction that Dean's relationship with Pier was blown way out of proportion, will undoubtedly upset some fans who are homophobic or starry-eyed romantics. Surviving James Dean, however, is not a sexual biography and Dean's sexuality is not the central focus of the book.
Many rumors or myths about James Dean are debunked. For example, Bast writes that Dean was not deeply involved in the occult. He also reports that Dean was unfairly accused of copping a "Brando act" when in reality it was coincidental that the two of them had so many interests in common.
Bast spends considerable time discussing his own life during the 1950s and his story is nearly as compelling as Dean's. It is amazing what two Midwestern boys from modest means accomplished via their own talent and determination. Bast's book gave me a whole new respect for James Dean and also increased my sadness regarding his early death. James Dean was a very special man indeed and would have left his mark on the world in multiple ways had his life not been so tragically short.Surviving James Dean Overview

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