A ha! I have made it into the Fiver. This, if you don’t know, is the Guardian’s popular daily email about Football. So…<br />
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The fiver mentioned a <a href=”http://football.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,,1641810,00.html”>piece by Jon Brodkin on Rooney and Owen</a>. A good article, to be sure, but he mentioned early on that <br />
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“For the most part England’s two strikers look little more of a partnership than Sid Vicious and Ludwig van Beethoven in terms of operating on the same wavelength.”<br />
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So <a href=”http://football.guardian.co.uk/Fiver/0,4022,1643257,00.html”>I casually wrote in</a> to the Fiver that…<br />
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“Jon Brodkin (yesterday’s theguardian) might think that comparing Sid Vicious and Ludwig van Beethoven to Michael Owen and Wayne Rooney is a clever analogy. He might also ponder that both were played by Gary Oldman on film, so they can’t be that dissimilar” – Rob Minto.<br />
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Now, the Fiver’s letters are usually irreverent stuff. Off-the-cuff. Not exactly intellectual debate. Yet, what do I see <a href=”http://football.guardian.co.uk/Fiver/0,4022,1643962,00.html”>in the next issue</a>?<br />
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“The fact that both Sid Vicious and Ludwig van Beethoven have been played by Gary Oldman does not mean that they are in any way similar, despite what Rob Minto said in yesterday’s letters. As one of this country’s finest character actors, Oldman is very capable of playing entirely different people in different films. It’s what actors do” – Andy Cadman.<br />
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Ok, Cadman. What’s your point? So Oldman is a good actor, and actors are able to transform themselves into diverse characters? My argument is still valid. If you are going to use a metaphor of two musicians on opposite sides of the spectrum, doesn’t it weaken your point if both have been played by the same actor? <br />
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Anyway. Thanks Cadman. Well done. It’s a lighthearted forum. Don’t piss on my parade.
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