Sorry but I feel impelled to return to the subject of Liverpool footballer Luis Suarez who this season has been a disgrace to our national sport. The latest thing to annoy me is his obviously hollow apology for refusing to shake hands with Patrice Evra.
According to the Independent newspaper he has apologised following pressure from the club's sponsors who obviously realised that this was already a pr disaster. So Suarez apologised and that's where I have a problem. He only apologised when pressure was exerted by a sponsor and not because he felt in any way contritional.
In many ways that sums up the world in which we live. Originality buried under layers of marketing and public relations and froth. Call it what you will, but we seem to live in a world where originality and original thought rarely exist. People behave in a particular manner or say particular things because that is the way they have been told to act. I would venture to say that apologising was one of the last things on Suarez's mind until he was told to do so and I'm sure that apology was grudging and had more to do with money and the loss of prestige than with genuine contrition.
Last night I went to see the Disney film Cool Runnings at Hethersett High School as part of the South Norfolk True Film Festival 2012. Forgot how entertaining this film was as I haven't seen it since my boys were small. Forgot how it ended as well. Very interested to see that the actors who played the Jamaican Bobsled team are all Americans from New York whereas the American coach John Candy actually came from Canada!!!!
Yesterday I also took out a 30 day trial of Netflix, the American based film and TV web site. It allows me to watch films and TV box sets free for a month to evaluate the service. I can downstream them onto my laptop, my Ipad and even my TV through a Wii console. So I stayed up late looking at what was on offer and have to say initial reactions are poor. No up to date blockbuster films and very few I want to watch. At best the content seems to be patchy and disappointing with old films highlighted not because of their content and importance but because it appears they are all that Netflix has. Will continue my search later today.
Tonight I'm off to see Ana Silvera in Norwich. She's a London based singer-songwriter. Have only heard a couple of tracks from her but liked both, so looking forward to the evening.
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