Thursday, October 25, 2018

Let me reintroduce myself!



Hi! I'm Derek Felix AKA DFlex. Reppin Shaolin NYC to the fullest. Never the dullest. I am a sports junkie who runs a hockey blog and produces and hosts a show called Hard Hits over on Blogtalk Radio. Joined mainly by my sidekick and partner in crime, John "JPG" Giagnorio, we have a podcast focusing mostly on sports. Sometimes, we'll sprinkle other random stuff in depending on the show.

A decade ago, the Flex moniker was given to me by JPG. It stuck. All my close friends and acquaintances call me that. But to a older and wiser guy like me with sarcasm and appreciation mixed in, I'm just plain old Derek. Flex represents my tag name when I used to freestyle and rap over at Basement Location A. I once even got recorded doing a Joker themed rap based off my personal favorite character, Heath Ledger's incredible Joker from The Dark Knight. I was so taken by his remarkable performance that it saddened me that we lost such a unique talent.



All this time later and my dream of a Joker movie is becoming a reality. I'm sure Joaquin Phoenix will do a good job. But I don't think anyone can ever measure up to Mr. Ledger. He took one of the baddest comic book characters and gave it the kind of strong, deranged personality that people identify with. Even as crazy as he was in the hit movie, you understood his warped logic, or how his mind worked. The way he used Harvey Dent to scheme against Batman and Commissioner Gordon in Gotham City was epic.

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It's too bad we'll never get to see Ledger reprise his memorable role. It kinda reminds me of Brandon Lee's amazing Eric Draven in The Crow. Such a pity that he tragically died on set due to a gun not having blanks in it. That's still hard to believe.

Call me a sucker for great characters who give powerful performances that captivate the audience of every emotion.

I guess that's a good beginning in reintroducing myself in this space. Don't be a stranger. 😉

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