tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1914021364911442901.post8508850492829370430..comments2023-10-24T05:45:48.302-05:00Comments on VIEW FROM THE MOON: Wrestling LessonsFleminghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11134828658060646685noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1914021364911442901.post-86555567621566612062007-07-11T13:14:00.000-05:002007-07-11T13:14:00.000-05:00Fleming,I was a gladiator in a show called footbal...Fleming,<BR/><BR/>I was a gladiator in a show called football. It was my job to hurt people, and I did it very well. Now I hurt, too.MarcLordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17036432624426967890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1914021364911442901.post-66861501066106235992007-07-11T10:07:00.000-05:002007-07-11T10:07:00.000-05:00MarcLord, I'm really glad you read this post. It's...MarcLord, I'm really glad you read this post. It's one of my favorites.<BR/><BR/>Your mention of the scars reminds me that when I was in First Grade a neighbor girl told me that her father was a professional wrestler and that he carried a razor hidden in his trunks so that if anybody really started hurting him he could get loose. Make of that what you will, it doesn't account for the scars you saw, which show realism in acting carried to the ultimate. . . short of "Rollerball" or gladiatorial combat. If things continue to degenerate in the US, I'm afraid those may be on the way.Fleminghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11134828658060646685noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1914021364911442901.post-16520258836615298882007-07-11T09:43:00.000-05:002007-07-11T09:43:00.000-05:00I attended a wrestling night with an enthusiastic ...I attended a wrestling night with an enthusiastic friend and neighbor, perhaps when I was 12. You have put to words many of the things I felt but was unequipped to clinically observe and dissect. Applying it to political and military themes, as I intuited back then, is natural.<BR/><BR/>I had a close-up encounter with one of the showmen. His torso and back were evenly covered with short white scars, like those you would get from the quick slice of a razor blade. As Iggy Pop once said of his shows, "You've got to give the people blood."MarcLordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17036432624426967890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1914021364911442901.post-86164023925549762792007-01-02T08:05:00.000-05:002007-01-02T08:05:00.000-05:00To attend a wrestling performance would be my idea...To attend a wrestling performance would be my idea of hell, but with an intelligent guide playing Virgil, I'm more than happy to play Dante and enter this Inferno.<br /><br />My favourite American TV programme is <i>The Simpsons</i> for its affectionate satire of what would be quite intolerable in real life. You have done the same in this.Vincenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18297306807695767580noreply@blogger.com