The family wanted to watch the Olympic trials. They complained and grumbled because I preferred to watch Secret Civilizations, a show about Mayan culture. I squeezed the remote to get a better grip on it. Ambushed! Believe it or not, they actually cheered after they wrestled the remote from my sweaty hands.
My taste in TV shows doesn’t always please my family. You can’t deny that my choices inform and entertain, although we tend to disagree on the definition of “entertain.” I usually bypass most TV sports, but since our family has two sports enthusiasts plus another child who sides with them—I’m outnumbered! I do plan to watch the actual Olympics and if I found a show about one of these events, maybe we would all watch it:
The video’s number one sports event, the cheese roll, is outrageous! Someone created a “sport” where participants chase a wheel of cheese down a hill. What’s the prize—cheese? I’d willingly give up the remote if any one of these events showed up as a TV sports show. What do you enjoy about watching or playing your favorite sport?
2 comments:
I think we need to establish a common definition of "sports". While the events shown in the video provide a competitive guise for slapstick humor, they are a far cry from the athletic competition from your family, and most real sports enthusiasts, interests. True athletic competition involves individual and/or team training and prepareness that culminated in competitive drama that most sports fans appreciate. That said, any "sport" that involves these individual/team dynamics is appealing to me.
You said, "True athletic competition involves individual and/or team training and prepareness that culminated in competitive drama that most sports fans appreciate."
I'm fairly certain the wife-carrying man practiced because those wives wouldn't have it any other way. I'm sure the other athletes in the video practiced as well. Fianlly, I really appreciated their efforts to entertain me. So, thanks for your definition; it looks like the video participants fit it. :)
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