[Groop]OT-Nigeria

[Bruce J. Cole]

> ATTACHMENT part 3.6 message/rfc822 
> From: "EUGENE PHILLIP" <ephillip@worldnet.att.net>
> To: "GROOP" <groop@groo.com>
> Subject: Re: [Groop]OT-Nigeria
> Date: Mon, 25 Nov 2002 13:31:43 -0500
> 
> What's the difference between the sponsorship of the beauty pageant in
> Nigeria, and the Don King sponsorship of the "Rumble in the Jungle" with
> Mohamed Ali (nee Cassius Clay)?  See the movie "Ali" currently on Cinemax if
> you're too young to remember first hand.
> Gene P

The 1996-released documentary "When We Were Kings" would be a slightly better
choice, because it concerns that 1974 fight. 
The big differences are that the "Rumble in the Jungle" was in Zaire, the fight
was financially supported by the government of that country (which I don't
believe the pageant is), Ali was considered a hero to the people, and no-one
made insensitive, incendiary religious comments in the newspaper.

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