A reader reminds me that one good thing did come out of Jean-Paul Sartre’s

work: the gripping 1970s TV miniseries based on his “Roads to Freedom“

trilogy.

Yes! And who that ever heard it can forget Georgia Brown singing the intro

song: “La route est dure mais je suis fort…”

Now here’s a thing. If I put that precise line into Google, the only hit I

get is myself quoting it on The Corner three years ago. Yet it’s a very

lovely song (at least, Georgia makes it so), and is said to have originated

in the French Resistance during WW2. I’m surprised the lyrics aren’t on the

web somewhere. Nor can I find any recording. Nor does any tape set of that

splendid miniseries seem to be for sale.

If the “Roads to Freedom” dramatization were better known, simply as a piece

of fine TV drama, I think J-P might be given one day a year vacation from

the tortures of hell to lounge on a beach drinking daiquiris.