(November 18, 2014 at 10:10 am)simplemoss Wrote: I can't think of a more wasteful, pointless, and idiotic activity as sports. ...
Amen!
My home city has never been known for its athletic accomplishments. We are famous for our support of the arts. Despite being a fairly small city, Louisville is well known across the country among both theater students and musicians. Our Orchestra and Theater enjoy a well-earned reputation for excellence. We also have strong ballet, opera and Broadway companies.
So does our city put more money into what we do so well? No, they wasted a ton of money building a stadium and trying to attract a professional basketball team.
If I shaped our culture, the arts would eclipse sports instead of the other way around.
I can just see it. A group of guys gathered around a television eating popcorn and cheering on their local orchestra, occasionally screaming at the screen what the conductor needs to do.
"C'mon, crescendo, man! CRESCENDO!"
At the final cadence, they're all giving high-fives to each other. Cut to scenes in the stadium audience of two shirtless attention-seeking fans with violins painted on their bodies. Suddenly, the music critic interrupts the celebration by throwing a flag onto the stage and announcing, "Inappropriate interpretation not intended by the composer, two stars only."
The outraged audience begins chanting, "Bull-shit, bull-shit, bull-shit"
The police need to escort the critic safely home.
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