From a game of Polo with a Headless Goat
From A Game of Polo with a Headless Goat
Emma
Levine travelled throughout Asia researching and filming unusual sports. In this passage she writes about a donkey race in Karachi.
We drove off to find the best viewing spot , which turned out to be the crest of the hill so we could see the approaching race. I asked the lads if we could join in the
‘Wacky Races’ and follow the donkeys, and they loved the idea
.
‘We'll open the car boot, you climb inside and point your camera towards the race.
As
the donkeys overtake us, we'll join the cars.’
‘But will you try and get to the front?’ ‘Oh yes, that’s no problem.’ The two lads who had never been interested in this Karachi sport were suddenly fired up with enthusiasm
.
We waited for eternity on the brow of the hill, me perched in the boot with a zoom lens pointing out.
Nearly
one hour later
I was beginning to feel rather silly when the only action was a villager on a wobbly bicycle
, who nearly fell off as he cycled past and gazed around at us .
Several vehicles went past, and some donkey-carts carrying spectators. ‘
Are they coming?’ we called out to them. ‘Coming, coming,’ came the reply. I was beginning to lose faith in its happening, but the lads remained confident .
Just as I was assuming that the race had been cancelled, we spotted two approaching donkey-carts in front of a cloud of fumes and dust created by some fifty vehicles roaring up in their wake
. As they drew nearer,
Yaqoob
revved up the engine and Comment [MK1]:
Title stands out, it is quirky, unusual and attention grabbing due to the unexpected and shocking imagery of a headless goat.
Game of polo is once again something the British audience would know about but the headless goat is an unusual twist to it.
Game of polo: stepping stone into the strange world
Polo and headless goat are juxtaposition- Polo has aristocratic, sophisticated and refined connotations. Headless
Emma
Levine travelled throughout Asia researching and filming unusual sports. In this passage she writes about a donkey race in Karachi.
We drove off to find the best viewing spot , which turned out to be the crest of the hill so we could see the approaching race. I asked the lads if we could join in the
‘Wacky Races’ and follow the donkeys, and they loved the idea
.
‘We'll open the car boot, you climb inside and point your camera towards the race.
As
the donkeys overtake us, we'll join the cars.’
‘But will you try and get to the front?’ ‘Oh yes, that’s no problem.’ The two lads who had never been interested in this Karachi sport were suddenly fired up with enthusiasm
.
We waited for eternity on the brow of the hill, me perched in the boot with a zoom lens pointing out.
Nearly
one hour later
I was beginning to feel rather silly when the only action was a villager on a wobbly bicycle
, who nearly fell off as he cycled past and gazed around at us .
Several vehicles went past, and some donkey-carts carrying spectators. ‘
Are they coming?’ we called out to them. ‘Coming, coming,’ came the reply. I was beginning to lose faith in its happening, but the lads remained confident .
Just as I was assuming that the race had been cancelled, we spotted two approaching donkey-carts in front of a cloud of fumes and dust created by some fifty vehicles roaring up in their wake
. As they drew nearer,
Yaqoob
revved up the engine and Comment [MK1]:
Title stands out, it is quirky, unusual and attention grabbing due to the unexpected and shocking imagery of a headless goat.
Game of polo is once again something the British audience would know about but the headless goat is an unusual twist to it.
Game of polo: stepping stone into the strange world
Polo and headless goat are juxtaposition- Polo has aristocratic, sophisticated and refined connotations. Headless