Wrestling in Paris (in 2017)

August 11, 2024 7:20 PM

Wrestling in Paris (in 2017) Written in 2018, an overthinking of the freestyle wrestling championships in Paris, where class and partisan musings give way to riveting descriptions of a sport few in America follow, but maintains broad global appeal.
posted by klangklangston (4 comments total)

Great story :-) I've never had much interest in wrestling and I guess I've always looked down on it as a bit of a redneck sport. The way this story describes it, though, is fascinating and interesting.
posted by dg at 9:49 PM on August 11

Writer lost me here: "...Helen Maroulis is essentially an obscene Nintendo character..." No. You're trying too hard. Wrestling is an interesting sport, the article, less so.
posted by CCBC at 10:13 PM on August 11 [1 favorite]

As someone who really liked doing wrestling (the sport) and cannot into wrestling (the men's soap opera). This article did make me smile.
posted by pan at 10:16 PM on August 11

Writer lost me here: "...Helen Maroulis is essentially an obscene Nintendo character..." No. You're trying too hard. Wrestling is an interesting sport, the article, less so.

The obscene Nintendo character, previously referenced in the article, was Techmo Bowl Bo Jackson.
posted by klangklangston at 7:57 PM on August 13