Better Late Than Never

I watch a lot of documentaries. Recent ones of note are Phoenix Rising, Surviving R. Kelly, We Need to Talk About Cosby, Groomed, Allen vs. Farrow, Tell Me Who I Am, and Children of the Cult. And that’s just to name a few.

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The Elephant Man, and…

I once read somewhere that Joseph Merrick, known as The Elephant Man, was never able to sleep on his back. He spent his whole life sleeping in a sitting-up position. This was due to severe deformities: a heavy head that could break his neck and block his air passages and oxygen to his brain.

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