Dueling to the End

Sunday we watched Barry Lyndon. Monday morning came the news that Ryan O'Neal was involved in a violent altercation with his son. The parallels between fiction and real life are striking. I am surprised that I appear to be the only one to make the connection between the character of Redmond Barry and Ryan O'Neal. He even named his youngest son Redmond, as if he felt some special affinity for that character.