Is the bartender in The Shining real?
Is the bartender in The Shining real? Lloyd, surname unknown, is a fictional bartender featured in the 1980 horror film The Shining, directed by Stanley Kubrick. He was played by actor Joe Turkel. Was Jack actually drinking in The Shining? Jack Torrance is a recovering alcoholic, and he thinks about drinking all the time. Stephen King, also a recovering alcoholic, had not quit drinking when he wrote The Shining (though he has now). If the book is any evidence, he had lots of anxiety over his drinking! Was Jack abused Danny in The Shining? Danny has been sexually abused by...