arcticorangutan on Nostr: Life is not a dress rehearsal Even if you’re not into motorcycles the film TT - ...
Life is not a dress rehearsal
Even if you’re not into motorcycles the film TT - Closer to the Edge ought to be on your watchlist.
It follows what must be one of the most dangerous races in the world, the Isle of Man’s Tourist Trophy.
The TT is not dangerous in the way other motorsport events are dangerous - it is critically and imminently lethally dangerous - since its launch in 1907 there have been 156 fatalities (6 of them in 2022 alone).
If you’re interested in how the existence of such a race can possibly be ethical, I’ll direct you to a read that goes into this difficult question much better than I could.
The reason I wanted to write about the TT race is due to a scene from the movie in which yet another casualty is reported and some of the spectators are interviewed about it. In one notable interview, a spectator addresses the question about whether this race should continue to exist with the answer:
“Life is not a dress rehearsal.”
Even for those of us who are not racing motorcycles, it is important to remember, from time to time, that we are going to die one day. And that this, right here, is it. This is opening night.
Have a great Monday!
Jean-Michel Basquiat’s "Riding With Death" (1988)
Even if you’re not into motorcycles the film TT - Closer to the Edge ought to be on your watchlist.
It follows what must be one of the most dangerous races in the world, the Isle of Man’s Tourist Trophy.
The TT is not dangerous in the way other motorsport events are dangerous - it is critically and imminently lethally dangerous - since its launch in 1907 there have been 156 fatalities (6 of them in 2022 alone).
If you’re interested in how the existence of such a race can possibly be ethical, I’ll direct you to a read that goes into this difficult question much better than I could.
The reason I wanted to write about the TT race is due to a scene from the movie in which yet another casualty is reported and some of the spectators are interviewed about it. In one notable interview, a spectator addresses the question about whether this race should continue to exist with the answer:
“Life is not a dress rehearsal.”
Even for those of us who are not racing motorcycles, it is important to remember, from time to time, that we are going to die one day. And that this, right here, is it. This is opening night.
Have a great Monday!
Jean-Michel Basquiat’s "Riding With Death" (1988)