Tell me why ... genuine horror and pantomime plot are so blurred in Suarez bite case
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. Luis Suarez's mouth-on-arm action when Liverpool faced Chelsea in the Premier League yesterday ensured a sea of headlines and that Suarez became the focal point of a debate about behaviour in football. Again. It goes without saying that his was an extraordinary act, one already punished by his club and certain to lead to an FA charge and deserved ban. But, asks Ian Herbert, shouldn't we consider how much vicarious pleasure this episode has created, and why? Isn't it all just another act in the Premier League pantomime, an act where we cannot even be sure whether a bite was really a bite?
Tell me why ... genuine horror and pantomime plot are so blurred in Suarez bite case
Tell me why ... genuine horror and pantomime…
Tell me why ... genuine horror and pantomime plot are so blurred in Suarez bite case
. Luis Suarez's mouth-on-arm action when Liverpool faced Chelsea in the Premier League yesterday ensured a sea of headlines and that Suarez became the focal point of a debate about behaviour in football. Again. It goes without saying that his was an extraordinary act, one already punished by his club and certain to lead to an FA charge and deserved ban. But, asks Ian Herbert, shouldn't we consider how much vicarious pleasure this episode has created, and why? Isn't it all just another act in the Premier League pantomime, an act where we cannot even be sure whether a bite was really a bite?