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Offline SpeelgoedmannetjeTopic starter

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Why do they call sport entertainment?
« on: April 21, 2004, 11:45:38 PM »
They're doing it so serious, with achievements (even mentioned in the news!!) and so.
And all those companies to make them run/skate/cycle 0.000000001 millisecond faster.
And sporters who ruin their bodies with illegal drug usage..
And those football riots, also because for 'fun'
All those big bugs. fuss and seriousness and still call it entertainment... :-?

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Re: Why do they call sport entertainment?
« Reply #1 on: April 22, 2004, 07:52:18 PM »
I should have said: why is the attitude surrounding sport so serious and so, well, anything-but-fun?
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Re: Why do they call sport entertainment?
« Reply #2 on: April 22, 2004, 09:23:41 PM »
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cecilia wrote:
a good player can be beautiful - almost balletic in movement.
and a good play is suspenseful and dramatic.
So you see it more from an artistic pov.
But then, if I see all the advertising, all that clean, tl-tube light, the 'hospital' atmosphere surrounding it, it distracts and gives me an uneasy feeling.
Btw, I do think the artistic part only occurs when there is an attitude that is playfull and focusses itself mainly on the joy of the game instead of the achievements.
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