Carol Schmidt
Feb 18, 2004, 10:10 PM
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On Second Thought To some, bullfighting is the true art of man vs. animal.
By David Daniel http://www.fwweekly.com/issues/2004-02-18/thought.html
>...."Who is a matador to play the part of God?"
>The question wasn't the strangest one I'd ever heard from my poet friend. In the years when I lived in Fort Worth, and in my visits back since then, our conversations in the gold-flecked booth at Fred's Café have covered many an odd topic.
>But this one, for me, wasn't actually so odd. It's the sort of question I've been hearing for many years, ever since I came back from my first (of many) trips to central Mexico, in the grip, not of turista, but of bullfight fever. Like love or malaria, it's a long-lasting infection -- and one that has given me a different take on the arguments over rodeos and PETA ads that have been filling Fort Worth Weekly's letters columns since January. ....>
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