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nihilistic suburban daredevils II
Screening in Chicago this week: The Backyard, a film about amateur wrestling leagues. Amateur wrestling is a key point in the constellation of nihilistic suburban daredevil activity and so I'm eager to check out the film.
This interview with filmmaker Paul Hough suggests that perhaps amateur wrestling is not exclusively a suburban activity. Instead he takes a "media determinism" angle:
"Q: Is backyard wrestling truly a worldwide phenomenon?
A: Yes. It’s wherever wrestling is shown on TV."
I still think that backyard wrestling could only have been born in the suburbs—anyplace more rural faces a shortage of wrestlers, anyplace more urban faces a shortage of backyards.
Anyway. Between this and Kill Bill it is likely to be a bloody, bloody week. |
Friday, October 10, 2003
1:10 PM
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