"Anyway, the Tonys are our Super Bowl, right?"
Well, the World Cup of soccer is a much bigger event in the world. However, you're correct.
"However, nobody in their right mind would schedule a party the same night as the Super Bowl (unless it was a Super Bowl party), or even the World Series."
Outside of North America, people would still schedule their party the same night/morning/afternoon as the Super Bowl. However, very few people would schedule a party during the soccer world cup, the Championship League finals unless the party have people watching those events.
"Why is it that theater lovers are looked down upon or just ignored, while the world just about stops if sports lovers want to watch a game?"
What? Since when have theatre goers been looked down upon? Sports feeds on people's desire, sadness and anger.
"why does anybody not like (or claim not to like) the theater."
I don't understand this question.
"I know that everyone has a right to his or her own opinion, but I cannot imagine somebody liking something as stupid and unentertaining as sports, and disliking something as wonderful as the broad way fever."
I can. Imagine being loyal to one thing all your life. Generations of your family have follow the same thing, through the upside and downside of that team. Some teams have been crappy for so long, yet their fans remind loyal. Imagine that sucky team all of the sudden made it to the championship and all those tears in the past is suddenly replace with ecstacy of triumpth. That to me why I love sports so much. It's the unknown for the future.
I've grew up during the 1980s Yankees team, and all New Yorkers would tell you how much they sucked back then. I was still loyal to the Yankees. My friends were all Mets fan (I grew up in Queens). When they finally started to win, that feeling was the greatest.
Drama exist in sports. About three weeks ago, South Africa faces Australia in a rugby match. It was to see who would win the Nelson Mandela cup. In the stadium, the man himself was to present the trophy to the winner of the match. The drama, the South African rugby team never lost a match when Mandela was present for a match. A second drama, the week of the game, Mandela celebrated his birthday. So, you can see the dedication of the team to win the match for Madiba. I was in the stadium and there was so many tears flowing when the national anthem was sung. They also showed the players on the big screen during the anthem and many of them also had tears and was just at awe when they were introduce to Mandela. That to me is drama.
However, you can not compare the two. Two totally different mediums.
Updated On: 8/9/05 at 09:55 AM
