About Me
- Freeman
- Matthew Freeman is a Brooklyn based playwright with a BFA from Emerson College. His plays include THE DEATH OF KING ARTHUR, REASONS FOR MOVING, THE GREAT ESCAPE, THE AMERICANS, THE WHITE SWALLOW, AN INTERVIEW WITH THE AUTHOR, THE MOST WONDERFUL LOVE, WHEN IS A CLOCK, GLEE CLUB, THAT OLD SOFT SHOE and BRANDYWINE DISTILLERY FIRE. He served as Assistant Producer and Senior Writer for the live webcast from Times Square on New Year's Eve 2010-2012. As a freelance writer, he has contributed to Gamespy, Premiere, Complex Magazine, Maxim Online, and MTV Magazine. His plays have been published by Playscripts, Inc., New York Theatre Experience, and Samuel French.
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that just made my day. You've seen this right?
The brilliant cultural and literary theorist Roland Barthes wrote a wonderful essay about 40 years ago on this very topic. I believe the essay is titled "The Wide World of Wrestling." In the essay he compares modern wrestling to this highest forms of Greek tragedy. You might want to check it out.
I just realized that I posted this comment under the wrong heading! At any rate, here is a link to the full text of the aforementioned essay:
http://social.chass.ncsu.edu/wyrick/debclass/rbwres.htm
Emjoy!
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