Anthem
- Episode aired Oct 23, 2012
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1.33: Anthem by Gwydion Suilebhan: Part of the show
I probably get to America every few years for either work or personal travel (or a mix of both); when I am there I do enjoy to go to sporting events – and earlier this year saw a couple of basketball matches, one with the Knicks and the other with Valderbilt's ladies team. One thing I do dislike about the games though is that there is never any context to the atmosphere; even when the game was terrible, the crowd still were being hassled to be excited by other things on the screen or on the edges of the actual sport; add to this the concessions and other factors and it does feel very different to sporting events as we have them in Europe. One thing that is part of this is that the National Anthem is sung at pretty much every level of sport – and not just sung but delivered as a huge deal.
This is part of the sense of patriotism of the country, but it is also part of the 'show' or event of life there. One does get the feeling with Americans that there is a lack of realness to them (speaking very generally) and the sporting event is part of that. Within this short piece, that is what I took away, because the man at the ballgame recognizes the significance of what he is doing and where he is doing – of the history he is part of, and the proximity he has to the events that the national anthem refers to, and the reason it started to be played when it did. The actor and writer do well to convey this small thought and small moment in a way that the viewer can connect with.
It also does well to then move beyond it. The rest of the noise comes in and takes the moment away; was the anthem really something different t reflect on – or was it just a different part of the noise and spectacle of this mass produced event? It is a thoughtful moment and one that rings true; and even more so due to how naturally it is delivered and spoken here.
This is part of the sense of patriotism of the country, but it is also part of the 'show' or event of life there. One does get the feeling with Americans that there is a lack of realness to them (speaking very generally) and the sporting event is part of that. Within this short piece, that is what I took away, because the man at the ballgame recognizes the significance of what he is doing and where he is doing – of the history he is part of, and the proximity he has to the events that the national anthem refers to, and the reason it started to be played when it did. The actor and writer do well to convey this small thought and small moment in a way that the viewer can connect with.
It also does well to then move beyond it. The rest of the noise comes in and takes the moment away; was the anthem really something different t reflect on – or was it just a different part of the noise and spectacle of this mass produced event? It is a thoughtful moment and one that rings true; and even more so due to how naturally it is delivered and spoken here.
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