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f4f3 ([personal profile] f4f3) wrote2005-05-24 08:08 am

Opera for the Masses

Watched a show on BBC Scotland last night about football on TV which described football as "Opera for the masses" and found that I had to agree. 103,000 people watching anything in the same place does create a larger than life stage, and the events in Scotland at the weekend (Celtic losing a year long struggle in the final 90 seconds) was as tragic as anything seen on stage at Covent Garden.

I was surprised by how many commentator's phrases I remembered verbatim, even from the 70's (well, ok, the late 70's).

"It's a disaster for Scotland" was the most memorable, obviously enough...