Mais pourquoi? Heroes in the spotlight (with a huge magnification factor)
It has been barely an hour.. and the scene in which Zinedine Zidane headbulls materazzi in the 2nd extension time of the Soccer World Cup finals already has 11k+ views on youtube.. and is getting digged quite fast on digg.com. It is already (twice) in the top 20 of most discussed videos on youtube.
With hundreds of millions watching, plus the drama of this final being ZiZu's last match (worse, last 10 minutes) and the added intrigue factor of nobody knowing what is it that Materazzi said to him.. this really has the chance of being a "fastest growth ever" in youtube.
A sad way of reacting to provocation.. but does it really make sense to jump on top of Zidane with brutal criticism?
Probably it was an extreme situation (certainly it was from the ratings perspective), but if this society judges its heroes on every blink, every move and every single second they are on the spotlight, it sets an unachievable expectation of perfection; one that note even heroes can comply with.
It might be worth thinking what alternatives did Zidane really have against the obvious provocation trick.
With hundreds of millions watching, plus the drama of this final being ZiZu's last match (worse, last 10 minutes) and the added intrigue factor of nobody knowing what is it that Materazzi said to him.. this really has the chance of being a "fastest growth ever" in youtube.
A sad way of reacting to provocation.. but does it really make sense to jump on top of Zidane with brutal criticism?
Probably it was an extreme situation (certainly it was from the ratings perspective), but if this society judges its heroes on every blink, every move and every single second they are on the spotlight, it sets an unachievable expectation of perfection; one that note even heroes can comply with.
It might be worth thinking what alternatives did Zidane really have against the obvious provocation trick.
posted by dave at 2:49 PM
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