Sunday, December 19, 2010
Flynn versus Bromden
As I tune in with my bros for the New England Patriots versus Green Bay Packers game on NBC's Football Night in America, I am about as aware of this blog due date as the Patriots are of the onside kick by the Packers to begin the game. Thankfully, I sit with two of the best and brightest that our town has to offer, Sam Schiferl and Thomas Donley, who begin the obligatory "blog banter," during the halftime festivities. Immediately, I spring from my relaxed state on the couch to a full-on AP English intensity mode that would rival Tom Brady's pre-game state of mind. Furthermore, I start to see parallels between Matt Flynn, the Packers' quarterback, and our beloved Chief Bromden. Flynn, a virtual no-name before Pro-Bowl quarterback Aaron Rodgers was injured, flew under the radar for most of his career until tonight where he jumped into the national spotlight and threw for two touchdowns in the first half. Similarly, Bromden waited in the shadows and pretended to be deaf and dumb until McMurphy entered the ward. Like Flynn, Bromden made a significant impact when he entered the fight against the black boys and escaped from the ward after McMurphy's lobotomy. However, another similarity does not bode well for the two lovable heros: Flynn ended up falling short to the dominant Patriots, and Bromden potentially could fall short in society as well. He enters a cold world when he escapes from the ward, leaving behind the protected circumstances that were so familiar to him and as Flynn found out tonight, not all stories have a Disney ending.
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John, you guys WOULD have a blog banter during half-time. As sad as this may sound, my friends and I had a blog banter at our ugly sweater party/cookie exchange. I and another friend who will not be named pointed out that we have never made the blog banter. This upsets us because we feel like we put a great deal of effort into our posts, but sometimes always seem to come up short. At the beginning of the blog frenzy, nobody seemed to really care that much if they made the banter or not. However, the beast inside of us all has seemed to grow a sharper competitive edge and have begun to desperately yearn for Ms. Serensky's praise.
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