Are you enjoying the annotations to the podcast edition of “Brave Men Run — A Novel of the Sovereign Era?” What do you think of the story so far? Your comments are appreciated!
So… let’s dig into Episode Three…
Chapter Seven:
– “If you can’t walk, how do you drive?”
He frowned, but his eyes were bright. “Not very well, apparently.”
Bah-dum-bump! I crack me up.
– “…I knew this kid, down Glendora. He had this bone disorder, made his face all flat and broad…”
He’s talking about Rocky Dennis, who lived until 1980 and suffered from craniodiaphyseal dysplasia, a disfiguring bone disease. Eric Stolz portrayed him in the movie “Mask.” When I was a young kid living in Glendora, California, I saw Rocky Dennis in the grocery store one day. I confess it was a shock — the movie version didn’t come close to the extent of his disfigurement.
Based On A Real Person:
Denver Colorado
Chapter Eight:
– “I’ll give Ditko over at the Gas ‘n’ Tackle a holler,” Denver said thoughtfully. “He’s the only one old man Lee trusts with the tow truck.”
That would be a little nod to Steve Ditko, who helped create Spider-Man, and drew the first 41 issues of the comic. And of course old man Lee refers to the other creator of Spider-Man, the inestimable Stan Lee. ‘Nuff Said.
Chapter Nine:
Nothing much to annotate here… except to say that one of the real-life people Mel Wilson’s based on actually had a telescope trained on my own house!
Chapter Ten:
– “…blue jeans pegged at the ankles.”
It occurs to me that my younger audience might not understand that reference.
Basically, to “peg” your jeans was to fold the ankle of each leg of your jeans lengthwise, then roll them up until they were just above your high-top sneakers.
I think I’ve said it before… it was the eighties!
– “She wore an over-sized tee shirt for the artsy band Japan tucked into a tartan miniskirt, eighteen-hole Doc Marten combat boots…”
Japan was a New Romantic band with some art-rock pretensions.
Doc Martens were the shoe for the punk rock set… and in some circles, still are. Go here and check out the “1460″ — that’s Lina’s boot!
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