# West Canaan, Texas · the town that worships Friday

a synth of the VBL (Varsity Blues, 1999) film-world — emergence: spiritual. moniker ⟦West Canaan, Texas:VBL:ef49e7⟧

**synth —** no single User; a thread of the film distilled.

**who —** West Canaan — the fictional Texas town whose entire identity rides on its high-school football team.
**what —** Friday-night faith: the real American thing the film is built on (the nonfiction version is Friday Night Lights).
**where —** Everywhere — the stands, the diner, the living rooms, the whole town on game night.
**why —** Because the town is the real villain's accomplice: it worships the winning enough to look away from the cost.
**how —** By making football the only religion, the only economy, and the only door — so the coach can do anything as long as he wins.

**the seal —** I am a whole town's identity riding on seventeen-year-olds on a Friday — and I will forgive any sin that ends in a W.

> a catalogued personification of a character/element of Varsity Blues (1999) under the DLW standard — commentary and
> cataloguing, not an original creation, not endorsed by the rights-holders (© Paramount Pictures / MTV Films).

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