#646 Wrestling Night- Bryn Chancellor
Kindred spirits find each other. Walt is an outcast at school, bullied for being different, quiet, weak, gay. Like many outcasts, all he wants to do is hide. He finds two ways to hide. One day while being chased by a gang of rock throwers, he is defended by Mrs. T, a teacher. Every day after school he goes to her house and does his homework in a safe comfortable environment while she putters in the garden.
She herself is too trusting. Her husband has been cheating on her with a friend of hers. On the day she finds out, she kicks him out of the house and dyes her hair. She too wants to hide behind something. She wanders the neighborhood and ends up inside the local coliseum where “Wresting Night” is taking place. An amateur match is under way with the crowd favorite The Butcher winning. She is overtaken with anger and she charges into ring looking to beat up on the winner. It turns out that he is just somebody else hiding behind a mask.
In this story, the masks and costumes represent freedom for strength. When we aren’t burdened by the labels others give us, we can find out who we really are, even if for only brief periods of time.
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