tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13593902.post5888252231191001324..comments2024-02-11T09:55:50.468-08:00Comments on The Eastside View: Hail to thee, blithe bullfightCharles Sherehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10480432901356490235noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13593902.post-31910950413310039652007-10-01T01:32:00.000-07:002007-10-01T01:32:00.000-07:00There's a long, involved and no doubt apocryphal s...There's a long, involved and no doubt apocryphal story about the serving of the bull's testicles to the victorious matador. An American tourist purchases the right to be served them the following night. When he asks why they are so much smaller, he's told, "The bull does not always lose." I find this tale to be more in the tradition of the Portugese bullfight, or indeed as it is practiced in the Camargue.John Whitinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16170335248108710190noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13593902.post-40909127468585401282007-09-14T11:15:00.000-07:002007-09-14T11:15:00.000-07:00I'd guess it's not parallel traditions, but one co...<I>I'd guess it's not parallel traditions, but one continuous one that's devolved a bit (the invention of Velcro a major contribution to the devolution). I'd forgotten about that Cretan mosaic. The leaping </I>forcado <I>did, however, believe it or not, bring leaping dolphins to mind--exactly that graceful arc, though immeasurably faster.<BR/><BR/>A further note: the </I>cavaleiros<I> were Francisco Palha and Tomas Pinto, from Portugal; the matador was Victor Manuel Blázquez, from Spain.</I>Charles Sherehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10480432901356490235noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13593902.post-61088762781618682242007-09-14T03:07:00.000-07:002007-09-14T03:07:00.000-07:00Charles --The description of the bullfight is wond...Charles --<BR/><BR/>The description of the bullfight is wonderful. There is a fresco from Knossos in the Heraklion museum with bull leaping, perhaps even sommersaulting. It's strange how there could be two so very different parallel traditions of bull rituals -- one ending with sacrifice and the other essentially playful.<BR/><BR/>Also -- it's too bad that Will Geer will probably be best known as a TV Grandfather. He was a leading man with Welles' Mercury Theatre for which created the role of Mister Mister in Blitzstein's The Cradle Will Rock.Daniel Wolfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09093101325234464791noreply@blogger.com