First time caller, long time listener.
The actor Luke Perry has passed away at 52. By all accounts he was a good guy working in a vile place.
Even though I never knew him personally, I feel as if I did. Rather, his portrayal of Dylan McKay on the '90s teen series Beverly Hills 90210, showed me the kind of James Dean-esque type of game I wished all American "boys" to inherently have. His Dylan was so much of what I felt I was back at that time/age/place: broody, thoughtful, philosophical, laid back but with substance, a man of few but right kind of words. In the contemporary parlance, Dylan may have been the ultimate Sigma male. His reserved, mysterious "cool" was a chick-magnet. Especially apt for southern California. Dylan was necessary-edgy character in a saccharine-filled land. I know. Concurrently with the series original broadcasting, I have run the "Dylan game" on the southern California college campus with great success.
It's been said that with each death of the people we looked up in our past - a piece of that past goes out with them. With Luke's passing, a small, but formative piece of my youth has permanently broke off.
Thank you Luke.
Good bye Dylan.
The actor Luke Perry has passed away at 52. By all accounts he was a good guy working in a vile place.
Even though I never knew him personally, I feel as if I did. Rather, his portrayal of Dylan McKay on the '90s teen series Beverly Hills 90210, showed me the kind of James Dean-esque type of game I wished all American "boys" to inherently have. His Dylan was so much of what I felt I was back at that time/age/place: broody, thoughtful, philosophical, laid back but with substance, a man of few but right kind of words. In the contemporary parlance, Dylan may have been the ultimate Sigma male. His reserved, mysterious "cool" was a chick-magnet. Especially apt for southern California. Dylan was necessary-edgy character in a saccharine-filled land. I know. Concurrently with the series original broadcasting, I have run the "Dylan game" on the southern California college campus with great success.
It's been said that with each death of the people we looked up in our past - a piece of that past goes out with them. With Luke's passing, a small, but formative piece of my youth has permanently broke off.
Thank you Luke.
Good bye Dylan.