Question about old news: the San Jose basho

[osumo3@native.usc.edu (Luigi Manna)]

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|From: grimbergen@NICI.KUN.NL (Reijer Grimbergen)
|Subject: Question about old news: the San Jose basho
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|Yesterday I finally got to see a tape of the program made by the NHK of the
|San Jose basho last year. I enjoyed it very much, famous Sumo wrestlers
|with famous Football players and a lot of eating and drinking, that kind of
|stuff. However, one thing has been bothering me since I heard that Akebono
|won the first day and Konishiki the second day: the basho itself seemed to
|me like a complete fake. On the sumo tapes I have the difference between
|the fights in San Jose and in a normal basho were painfully clear. Of
|course I understand the reasons, after all there is no point getting
|seriously injured in something like that. Still, everybody around it seemed
|to take it all very seriously and in the NHK interviews and even in the
|reports of the SJ basho I read on soc.culture.japan it seemed that most
|viewers were convinced they'd seen a fair fight. Is there anybody on this
|mailing list who's been to the SJ basho life and wants to give his opinion?
|Maybe this should all be seen in the tradition of Professional Wrestling,
|where wrestlers, audience and commentators decide to create their own
|phantasy world. I mist admit the sekitori made a good show of it, though...
|
|Reijer
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