CALL ME SNAKE

(EDITOR’S NOTE: This is part of a recurring series on “Deconstructing Rocky Balboa in the 21st Century.”) It hit me while I was playing handball, me a guy who might be termed middle-aged (if you want to be technical about it), playing other guys who are middle-aged or worse. The movie, “Rocky Balboa,” is a story about a guy too old to get back in the ring, starring a guy too old to play a guy getting back in the ring, and watched in this case by a guy too old to fall for this same old story again. That’s all I have to say about “Rocky Balboa” for now, but I promise to get back to you as soon as I have something new to say on the subject. Or maybe not so new…