in the documentary, abby hoffman is kind of a happy go-lucky figure. a figure of fun who wants to drop lsd in the reservoir of chicago and get everybody high. and, indeed, a benign figure and someone who one historian simply called a character. of course in the documentary, one never sees abby hoffman denouncing the chicago police as fascists or being no better than southern rednecks. one does not see the chicago police actually rescuing abby hoffman who was being hunted down by a deranged gunman and abby hoffman owed his life to the chicago police department, those very people he denounced as southern rednecks transplanted to the north. the documentary shows tom hayden, founder of the students for democratic society, the chief organization of the new left, sds. shows him becoming radicalized after one of his allies and co-sds founder the, renny davis is assaulted by the police. this shows him being totally radicalized by this event. the documentary does not show tom hayden before the convention traveling to czechoslovakia where he and other members of