#70 – “
Rejuvinating the Great Red Machine”
Started by: jaykno14
Richard Pryor passed away last month, and I couldn’t help but think of something I heard on the radio as I was driving to work when I read over this dynasty.
Just as his career was beginning to take off (you know, a few movies, getting a higer profile), he was given the advice to “be like Bill Cosby” because that’s what worked. People had accepted a black comic like Bill Cosby, and if you followed in his footsteps (and were good enough), it was a sure path to success. Pryor did this for a while, but ultimately was unhappy that he wasn’t able to express the kind of comedy that he wanted to do. He took a few years to gather himself, did a lot of reading, but when he came out of that, he brought his own brand of comedy. He equaled, if not exceeded the greatness that is Bill Cosby. He never would have been able to do so if not for breaking out of that mold.
jaykno never broke out of the mold. His first sentence says is all:
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Originally Posted by jaykno14 in the first post, first line of this dynasty
With the inspiration of cknox's The Pale Hose, I have decided to do a similar dynasty. |
He was basically doing a remake of Craig’s dynasty, only with the Cincinnati Reds…
Not that there is anything wrong with that.
jaykno really does do a good job with this dynasty (while it lasts), but I think he got in a little over his head. He never made it out of the American League East in his season preview (and that is the first division he previewed). He did however play a game (albeit a Spring Training game), so all was not lost. The colors kind of got in my way, but overall, I liked the writing. This one had a decent future ahead of it, if only it could have continued.
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