Department of wildly inappropriate comparisons
Mudcrutch catches this gem in the Calgary Sun:
Somehow when ‘Sutter’ is used as an adverb it becomes impervious to criticism (probably because the GM seems to have a backwoods, Ed Gein streak in him) even if he has yet — ever — to produce the all-but promised results.
As MC points out, Ed Gein was a serial killer. Not just any serial killer: his fondness for making things out of human skin and body parts inspired the creation of horror movie icons like Buffalo Bill (Silence of the Lambs), Leatherface, and, due to Gein’s sick obsession with his dead mother, Norman Bates.
Now, to say that Daryl Sutter is a bit of a hardass is like saying that Christopher Hitchens enjoys a tipple once in a while: it rather goes without saying. Until Sutter starts sewing his own belts out of human nipples, I think the Ed Gein comparison probably goes a hair too far.
What’s weirdest about the comparison is that, aside from wildly overshooting its mark, it makes no sense whatsoever. So people don’t criticize Sutter because they’re afraid he will kill them and make lampshades out of their skin? Was Gein renowned for brooking no criticism? If a bit of sensitivity to being second-guessed was among Gein’s motives, history has failed to record it. I suppose you could argue that he did what he did because he needed to develop a thicker skin.
Goodnight, ladies and gentleman. I’m here all week. Remember to tip your servers.
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