Some music just stuck in your head.
Other movie scenes some how struck the chord.
Dennis Hopper in Hoosiers did it for me.
He put on a suit, and showed up at the game to show support and solidarity.
Fathers have their own hangups, just like all grown-ups do.
Mine was no exception (He showed at the Mayflower Hotel, Washington D.C. when I was having a MCI rally there.
An 85-year-old man, and me in corporate casual among the Sales team. My Hoosiers’).
How the underdog Hoosiers turned the tide just warms our hearts.
Victory without loved ones to share is no victory at all.
(Conversely, they often showed the Godfather died alone, as opposed to having huge entourage at his daughter’s wedding).
In Easy Riders, he pissed off heartland America.
In Hoosiers, Hopper made it up by showing up. The comeback kid.
If America were to be born in 1950 (economically, it was), it would turn 60 now. At that age, you start seeing deterioration: bone density, blood pressures etc..
You would be surprised that “villains” sometimes know best.
They know when to check in and when to split.
Hopper, our anti-hero, had seen it all (from the highways).
So it’s time to check out. To lay down and put on his best suit.
It’s our time to show up and say “Hi, my name is… and I am an oil addict”. I see Hopper wink just now in the middle of the OA circle.
Too bad he did not last until Father’s Day.
Thang Nguyen 555 