On Sun, Jun 20, 2010 at 7:51 PM, Ira Glazer <ira.glazer at gmail.com> wrote:
> http://tonykaron.com/2010/06/11/how-slovenia-wins-the-world-cup/
>
>
> Take the 32 countries that qualified for the World Cup and have each
> represented by an iconic living cultural figure rather than 23 footballers,
> and here are the results:
>
> Group A:
> 1. Uruguay — Eduardo Galeano
> 2. South Africa — Archbishop Desmond Tutu
> 3. Mexico — Alejandro Gonzales Inarritu
> 4. France — Guy Baudrillard
>
> Group B:
> 1. Nigeria — Fela Kuti. (Yes, I know we said “living”; consider this the
> equivalent of age cheating)
> 2. South Korea — Rain
> 3. Greece — Theodoros Angelopolous
> 4. Argentina — Che Guevara (Not the real Che, but the T-shirt image)
>
> Group C:
> 1. Slovenia — Slavoj Zizek
> 2. England — Elvis Costello
> 3. USA — Bruce Springsteen
> 4. Algeria — Cheb Khaled
>
> Group D:
> 1. Serbia — Emir Kusturica
> 2. Germany — Gunther Grass
> 3. Australia — Peter Carey
> 4. Ghana — Anthony Appiah
>
> Group E:
> 1. Japan — Hayao Miyazaki
> 2. Cameroon — Manu Dibango
> 3. Denmark — Lars Von Trier
> 4. Holland — Johan Cruyff (the cranky post football cultural commentator)
>
> Group F:
> 1. New Zealand — Jane Campion
> 2. Slovakia — Martin Skrtel (the cultural critic)
> 3. Paraguay — Monica Gonzalez
> 4. Italy — Bernardo Bertolucci
>
> Group G:
> 1. Portugal — Jose Saramago
> 2. North Korea — Kim Jong-il
> 3. Cote D’Ivoire — Alpha Blondy
> 4. Brazil — Hector Babenco
>
> Group H:
> 1. Chile — Roberto Bolanos
> 2. Spain — Pedro Almodovar
> 3. Switzerland — Jean-Luc Godard
> 4. Honduras — Karla Lara
>
> Round of 16:
>
> Eduardo Galeano (Uru) 3 Rain (SoKo) 0
> Slavoj Zizek (Slov) 3 Gunther Grass 3 a.e.t. Zizeks wins 5-4 on penalties
> Emir Kusturica (Serb) 2 Elvis Costello (Eng) 1
> Archbishop Tutu (SA) 3 Fela Kuti (Nig) 1
> Hayao Miyazaki (Jap) 12 Martin Skrtel (Slovak) 0
> Jose Saramago (Por) 4 Pedro Almodovar (Sp) 2
> Jane Campion (NZ) 4 Manu Dibangu (Cam) 3
> Roberto Bolanos (Chile) 3 Kim Jong-Il (NoKo) 1
>
> Quarterfinals:
>
> Hayao Miyazaki (Jap) 2 Jose Saramago (Por) 3
> Eduardo Galeano (Uru) 2 Slavoj Zizek (Slovenia) 4
> Archbishop Desmond Tutu (SA) 2 Emir Kusturica (Serb) 3
> Jane Campion (NZ) 3 Roberto Bolanos (Chile) 2
>
> Semifinals:
>
> Saramago 3 Zizek 3 a.e.t. (Zizek wins 3-2 on penalties)
> Kusturica 3 Campion 1
>
> Final: Zizek (Slovenia) 3 Kusturica (Serbia) 1
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