Dallas columnist draws up 'The Breakfast Club' analogy for Tyler Seguin
The Breakfast Club is a movie about how stereotypes and the way the world views people can shape -- or fail to show -- the complex identity of a given person, and while the movie came out years before Tyler Seguin was born, one Dallas columnist said Seguin fits right in with the message of the movie.
Mike Heika of The Dallas Morning News showed how Tyler Seguin has a different identity in three different cities -- Toronto, Boston and Dallas -- and how those differing views on who Seguin is reveal a case study in how humanity judges people.
The differing opinions on Seguin means Seguin is virtually a different person in each city, and Heika said at this point, even Seguin sometimes does not know who he is.
But when Seguin is seen as a villain and booed lustily, it only drives the 23-year-old to play better. That much was evident in Boston Tuesday as Seguin netted a hat trick against his former team.
That's where Heika brought in the Breakfast Club analogy.
Heika's full piece is worth a read here. But it looks like for now, Seguin will remain an enigma in the NHL.
(h/t Dallas Morning News)
He is the handsome kid for Stars fans, who want to embrace a winner so badly. He is the curious hot dog in Toronto, where critics in the Center of the Hockey Universe aren't quite sure he plays a "Canadian" enough game. He is the punk that got away in Boston, where he was booed lustily Tuesday because he no longer wears the colors of the Bruins.
But with each bit of exposure comes the chance to be judged. With each flash of lightning comes a bit of a risk. Seguin knows that, and he still rushes in with the confidence of The Breakfast Club, declaring that "You see us as you want to see us... In the simplest terms and the most convenient definitions."
The kids in the John Hughes classic knew they were flawed, and they embraced it as "a brain..and an athlete...and a basket case...a princess...and a criminal."
Seguin might be the same way.
