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Patreon Request #27 (from Eri): "The Beat Generation / Neal Cassady" Reaction (Patreon)

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2021-07-01 22:27:35
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2023-08-27 08:57:34
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I really like how Eric Kripke was able to incorporate small subversive themes into Supernatural: living on the outskirts of society, making it up as one goes, making your own rules. The life on the road with no money, battling "demons", reminded me of many fascinating literary themes of the XX century. The novel “On the road” written by Jack Kerouac was as important as Led Zeppelin and rock music in the creative process of Supernatural. The philosophy behind life on the road was adopted from the Beat Generation. Kripke hated the idea of having a permanent set for Supernatural: he said he was extremely pleased when he saw the Roadhouse burnt to the ground and wasn’t really happy about the recurrence of Bobby’s house. Except for the budget: the other producers thought that to reuse a set was useful to save money. Ideally Kripke preferred moving to a different place for every episode as you can see in season one: the cheap motel rooms were a strong landmark in establishing the visual for the series. Dean Winchester was presented in the pilot as the perfect sidekick to the main character who was (in the intention of the creator) Sam Winchester. Often you find this exemplified in the parallel with Star Wars: Sam as Luke Skywalker and Dean as Han Solo. Less underlined (but very present and intentional) is the parallel with the two main characters in "On the Road": Sam as Sal Paradise and Dean as Dean Moriarty. Sal and Dean: Kripke couldn’t be more explicit!

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I really enjoyed the Neal Cassady story. Having it told by his daughter made it extra interesting. I have not read “on the road“ yet so this was a nice peek at his personality. The charm, the hedonism, the love for cars and traveling, were all very reminiscent of Dean. While Eric Kripke picked the names based on those in the book, and certainly set the story as one on the road, it seemed as time went on that he downplayed making further links to the On the Road characters and liked to talk more about Luke Skywalker and Han Solo as archetypes that fit the Winchesters brothers. That is 100% valid, plus given that some SPN fans were interpreting possibilities of a Sam/Dean Wincest connection, that may have been another driver for them to distance the show from a book which includes gay sex and a bisexual Dean Moriarty (the stand-in for Cassady). I looked the book up online. 320 pages is a little longer than I had hoped. 😂 I don’t know if I’ll commit to reading it, though I know I should. It’s an American classic, after all.