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Sheila Moeschen's avatar

Such a great piece my friend--as usual. Immediately: PLEASE write about your Ginsu-era. (as a paid subscriber I would "buy you a coffee" for that). Okay, got that out of the way. I think I was also more dialed into Napoleon and his weird little crew because I identified with that weird when I was that age and still, to be honest. But considering Uncle Rico, especially if you are in the 40+ bracket, I think his character and story hits harder and deeper. He's not delusional as much as he's willfully stuck. Letting go of that specific image of himself means making room for something else, right? And whatever that might be is terrifying even though, as we see near the end, it is liberating. I can definitely relate to holding onto some part of my identity way, way past the expiration date. That might be a bigger form of existential, middish-life dread than chasing after whatever a person considers an "impossible" dream. GREAT! SO HAPPY FRIDAY EVERYONE! JUST GOING TO BE OVER HERE LISTENING TO SOME CURE AND READING SOME SYLVIA PLATH.

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David Perlmutter's avatar

I can't really be said to "identify" with the fictional characters I admire in visual media most, since we often aren't of the same gender and/or species....

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