Reply To: How many shows?
First, his writing was chiefly about his stunts; it’s hard to separate them.
Second, a rich guy volunteering to get punched by professional boxers and knocked over by professional football players is clearly possessed of virtues of bravery and modesty… or at least foolishness.
Third, the message of the song is party that one shouldn’t just rest comfortably in a position of privilege; one should do something. And while Yale grads are presumably, relative to most of us, coming from a greater position of privilege, I look at Haiti and realize how privileged most of us are, in relative terms.
I really like the message of the song as summed up in the last verse (“Don’t live another day unless you make it count,” etc.), and I think it has the potential to speak to anyone… but I fear we’re getting off topic.