Joel Walkowski

Honolulu Blues offers a comedic play-by-play of historic gridiron failure, marked by stunning almost-wins and saw-it-coming losses, positioning Detroit Lions lore as the backdrop for exploring themes of generational trauma, addiction, mental illness, and death. The city of Detroit and its football team have been a punchline since the 1960s—the "Same Old Lions" seem to have losing baked into their...