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A Bulgarian Big In Japan | 7 comments (7 topical, editorial, 0 hidden)

Some globalisation.

Note: the tournament ended on Day 15 today, but I still haven't downloaded it, so if you know the results already, no spoilers please :-)

*Traitor*, n.
A benighted individual who perceives an illusory distinction between serving his nation and abetting the criminals who govern it.

by DoDo on Sun May 25th, 2008 at 12:54:28 PM EST

"My sumo" (some sumo sillyness) (none / 0)

OK, now I watched Day 15. It was nice to see Kotooshu's father in the audience again - this time with both a Bulgarian and an EU flag. (And the Japanese TV did some geography education with maps of Europe and Bulgaria.) Here are two silly aspects of sumo as meta-commentary:

Before a tournament winner gets his prizes, everyone in the stadium sings the Japanese national anthem. The winner is supposed to, too. It was already funny watching the two Mongolians doing so, and now the man from Bulgaria...
When sumo wrestlers give interviews, the all-purpose answer is: "I just focus/ed on doing my sumo". Plus, they have to slip in these two somewhere, too: "I don't/didn't think about that, I only focus/ed on my next match." and "I did/will do more keiko [exercises]." And the silly thing is that 95% of interviews consist of nothing but these stock phrases!

*Traitor*, n.
A benighted individual who perceives an illusory distinction between serving his nation and abetting the criminals who govern it.

by DoDo on Wed May 28th, 2008 at 01:45:30 AM EST
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