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Sports-mad Oz
01.27.04 (5:00 pm)   [edit]
I know I'm going to sound like a whingeing fluffy wuffy, but I do have to concur (at least partially) with the Neville-Nevins of the world when they say that Australia is too obsessed with sport. I have my own emotional baggage re this subject because I share my name with a world famous cricketer.

Of course, I understand that the reason I'm almost completely unknown is because of harsh economic reality. That is, most people don't give a tinker's about humorous writing or live comedy and would much rather watch someone go spacko with a bat.

Fair enough.

I also know that one of the reasons people don't give a tinker's about humorous writing or live comedy is because these little sub-genres were never big crowd pullers in the first place. And the stultifying effect of PC has further eroded the public's interest in them.

Still, the disparity between his profile and mine really does shit me.

And re the publicity surrounding David Hookes' death and funeral: I do find it a bit over the top. It's like the whole nation is in mourning. He sounds like he was a unique individual, and highly skilled. And what a sad and awful way to go. But really, did he contribute all that much to society?

I'm not going to compare him to artists who have carked, since most Australian artists have contributed sweet fuck all. But there are heaps of scientists, for instance, who have improved our lives hugely, and they don't even score an obit in The Oz when they buy the farm.

Call me a lefty, but this sportomania is bloody unhealthy, I reckon.
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