tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9281117.post112831281260576487..comments2024-03-18T21:13:24.011-07:00Comments on Crushed by Inertia: Spoiled SportLonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07614633082974536229noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9281117.post-1128361872243823142005-10-03T10:51:00.000-07:002005-10-03T10:51:00.000-07:00This is what it always comes back to. I don't thi...This is what it always comes back to. I don't think it's snobbish to say that films are art and sports are not. Those are just categories. It doesn't mean one is "dumb" and one is "smart." <BR/><BR/>To answer your prior question, the physical act of dancing may or may not be art, but when dancers are organized into a ballet performance that goes along with musical accompaniment? Yeah, that's certainly art, because it's not about the individual movements of the dancers but about some sort of larger creative idea, concept, theme or project.<BR/><BR/>A football or baseball game is not. It's a competition, one that requires grace, skill, ability, talent, all those things you said. But that's different from art. <BR/><BR/>I mean, bowling takes skill but that's not art. Ditto table tennis, shuffleboard, chess, model-building and IT Network Configuration. But none of those are artistic pursuits. Why is making that distinction so threatening?Lonshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07614633082974536229noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9281117.post-1128343600633965222005-10-03T05:46:00.000-07:002005-10-03T05:46:00.000-07:00I think you might be a snob.I grew up in a basebal...I think you might be a snob.<BR/><BR/>I grew up in a baseball family. Uncles and cousins played baseball professionally. I, on the other hand, had an eye accident making it pretty much impossible for me to play baseball or football. When I was in high school I found other sports that didn't require the coordination of two good eyes - cross country and track.<BR/><BR/>I also found Star Wars and movies, in general.<BR/><BR/>Today, I'm not a huge sports fan. I like watching pro football, but I can't tell you jack about the players. I love to root for the St. Louis Cardinals, but that's because I grew up rooting for them. I don't follow every game, but I still want them to win.<BR/><BR/>You believe movies are art. Well, I think there's art in sports as well. There's grace, skill, strategy and imagaination.<BR/><BR/>Is ballet art? There's no less spectacle? Is Deuce Bigalow art?<BR/><BR/>I understand why you dislike sports. You weren't any good at them, got made fun of, and that was that. You didn't grow up in a sports family (not that there's anything wrong with that one way or another) and you never had someone push you to be a part of a team. <BR/><BR/>You are elitist and snobbish. There's plenty of room in this world for Kevin Smith films and Francis Ford Coppola films, sports geeks and movie geeks. Don't knock the people who like ONLY one. <BR/><BR/>I like them all.SPMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06396116593135663616noreply@blogger.com