Deano Returns !
Turned on Set Max to watch the World Cup - and whom do we see providing expert analysis ?
Dean Jones, of all people - now welcomed with open arms in India. Scratch your head a bit, and you'll remember that he was thrown out of Ten Sports for call ling South African Hashim Amla a 'terrorist'.
Now that no TV channel anywhere in the world is going to touch him with a bargepole, smart Deano knows where to go - our country , of course!
I mean, a lot of people have made careers ridiculing the community here (and I mean the propah folks, not even the riot-politico crowd) , and Deano knows this is the place to be right now. In fact, a few articles in the local media even wondered what the fuss was about, when Deano was barred from commentating earlier (Tone: "I mean, after all he wasn't so wrong really, what's the big deal, etc., etc"). By contrast, the Oz/Brit media was much more critical.
So SET MAX gets an expert commentator dirt cheap, "terrorists" be damned . Deano gets back to earning some money, and everything's hunky dory
To paraphrase Ajith: "Smart Boy!"
Talking of cricket, once upon a time, it used to be just a game. You woke up early or stayed late depending on where the game was played, enjoyed the game, and went back to sleep. Cola and TV companies didn't try and outdo you in patriotism. You hated to see the team lose but life didn't depend on it.
What's changed? Well, for starters this ad:
A pepsi commercial where fans scream in excruciating pain (ooh, ah, etc) standing in a stadium. Considering the state of our stadia , I don't blame them one bit. But that was just the beginning, the climax occurs when all member of Team India turn into tigers (honest!). Now, what why blame the poor janta for throwing stones when the er, tigers, start purring like pussycats?
Dean Jones, of all people - now welcomed with open arms in India. Scratch your head a bit, and you'll remember that he was thrown out of Ten Sports for call ling South African Hashim Amla a 'terrorist'.
Now that no TV channel anywhere in the world is going to touch him with a bargepole, smart Deano knows where to go - our country , of course!
I mean, a lot of people have made careers ridiculing the community here (and I mean the propah folks, not even the riot-politico crowd) , and Deano knows this is the place to be right now. In fact, a few articles in the local media even wondered what the fuss was about, when Deano was barred from commentating earlier (Tone: "I mean, after all he wasn't so wrong really, what's the big deal, etc., etc"). By contrast, the Oz/Brit media was much more critical.
So SET MAX gets an expert commentator dirt cheap, "terrorists" be damned . Deano gets back to earning some money, and everything's hunky dory
To paraphrase Ajith: "Smart Boy!"
Talking of cricket, once upon a time, it used to be just a game. You woke up early or stayed late depending on where the game was played, enjoyed the game, and went back to sleep. Cola and TV companies didn't try and outdo you in patriotism. You hated to see the team lose but life didn't depend on it.
What's changed? Well, for starters this ad:
A pepsi commercial where fans scream in excruciating pain (ooh, ah, etc) standing in a stadium. Considering the state of our stadia , I don't blame them one bit. But that was just the beginning, the climax occurs when all member of Team India turn into tigers (honest!). Now, what why blame the poor janta for throwing stones when the er, tigers, start purring like pussycats?
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