This super hero does not live in New York, but in Mont-de-Marsan in the Landes. Its story can be found in the latest issue of the magazine. Society. Fans of the Marvel franchise will recognize Captain America. And there you are surely saying to yourself “What Captain America really exists and lives in the South West of France?”.
Well not quite. Though ! For several years now, the people of Mons have had the chance to regularly come across a strange character carrying a starry shield in the colors of the United States of America. But then if that’s not the real Captain America, who is it?
His name is Jean Baptiste, is 27 years old, and since the summer of 2018, his life has changed. She rocked the night he turned on Netflix and launched the movie Captain America : First Avenger. The young interim cook lives alone in his small apartment with his three computers. Single, he admits being more comfortable with his screens than with his peers. But that was before !
Lots of coincidences
Before this evening of 2018 that he goes face to face with the hero of Marvel. Like Steve Rogers, the character in the costume of Captain America, Jean Baptiste travels on a motorbike. Like Steve Rogers, he worked for the military. And like Steve Rogers, Jean Baptiste never knew his father. Lots of coincidences, it’s true. But not enough to change a life?
And yet, two weeks after viewing the film, Jean Baptiste received leggings and a blue tight top flocked from the star of the American hero. He starts off by wearing his outfit when he goes to the gym. And contrary to his fears, no one laughs at him. On the contrary. He then decides to wear his outfit and his shield to the supermarket on a walk and sometimes even to work.
His dream: to visit America
“When I have had a shitty day, I take my motorbike, I put on my costume and I walk past the bus stops”, he says in the columns of Society. “People are waving to me and it makes me feel good.” The story of John the Baptist is ultimately that of the quest for existence.
Yes, by becoming Captain America, Jean-Baptiste gave meaning to his life. He overcame the indifference that an anonymous person causes in an anonymous crowd. When he closes his eyes, the young man imagines himself in a New York street, illuminated by the buildings.
To live his dream, to visit America, he would need 3,000 euros. The price he was offered for his customized motorcycle Captain America. “Never in life”, replies Jean Baptiste.
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