On Sunday a news item on Patrick Swayze gave me the opportunity to discuss the the actor’s general persona and the vague concept of Swayzian “awesomeness.”
Since there’s know way of knowing how long it’ll be before I’ll have another reason to write about Mr. Swayze (though I suppose I’ve never needed an excuse before), I’ll use this chance to share one of the greatest Internet finds (relating to 1980s leading men, of course) I’ve had the good fortune of stumbling across: A 1991 unauthorized Patrick Swayze comic book biography. (Thanks to Christopher Bahn for sharing.)
I’ve already passed a printed hard copy along to a few co-workers. I hope others will do likewise. Here’s a brief passage about the actor’s “Road House” performance to get you pumped:
“Swayze can be seen executing a combination of no less than nine fighting forms ranging from brawling to kick boxing. He did many of his own stunts.”
Here’s a weird economic note from that same comic:
“By the time that this sees print, Ghost will be available in video stores everywhere. Even at the ninety dollar retail price, orders for the video are being predicted at 550,000! Patrick’s back on top!” (emphasis added)
In other Swayze news, there’s just three weekends left for Point Break Live! in San Francisco, which is exactly what it sounds like. In order to create an accurate Keanu Reeves performance, the part of Johnny Utah is played by a random audience member, who reads their entire script off of cue cards. I’m going to check it out this weekend, but if you can’t, well, vaya con dios, brah.
