Greypins@a... wrote:
Greypins@a... wrote:
> (so, she's not catholic?) there is a big difference between rolling out
> of bed in the morning (or, more likely, late afternoon) and running 26 miles
> (maybe she thinks it's 26 feet). jackie gleason, john belushi and sumo
> wrestlers do/did not run marathons. golf is more strenuous than singing,
> even with a cart.
>
> if she said something like "we big girls can be surprisingly agile", i'd
> say "of course, there are many examples". but, she compared it to running a
> marathon. that's nonsense!
I, for one, didn't take it literally. And, frankly, she's
singing Isolde and Brunhilde at the Met and other top opera
houses internationally, and where are we singing, we who are
"right" about running marathons and opera singing? The
statement may not be accurate, but if she believes it and
it's helped her accomplish what she's accomplished, who I am
to say she's "wrong" to think it or even to write it?
And as far as marathons go, most golfers, basketball
players, football players, hockey players don't run
marathons either. But ordinary people like my non-jock (and
rhythm-challenged, but nevertheless dear to me)
brother-in-law do. There's nothing magic about a marathon,
other than its classical associations.
Peggy
--
Margaret Harrison, Alexandria, Virginia, USA
"Music for a While Shall All Your Cares Beguile"
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