“Manny Pacquiao is the most beautifully strange human being to befall boxing.”
Photo by Mark Seliger
You have to read this excellent profile of Manny Pacquiao by Andrew Corsello in GQ. Corsello nails the story.
The Biggest Little Man in the World. What do you get when you cross Muhammad Ali, Sly Stallone, Vaclav Havel, Michael Vick, Che Guevara, & Clay Aiken? Manny Pacquiao.
Thanks to Chus for the alert.
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March 12th, 2010 at 5:08 pm
this is well-written
March 13th, 2010 at 2:27 am
What a great piece. Thanks.
March 14th, 2010 at 12:53 pm
Thanks for the link. Yes, excellent. The complexities, nuances, strangeness and twisted pinoyness of being Manny Pacquiao world boxing phenomenon. There’s a Scorsese movie there somewhere. Joe Pesci (channeling his Casino character) can be Chavit Singson. Mauled penises! Lions dying from copulating with tigresses!
March 14th, 2010 at 9:05 pm
Clay Aiken? Haha!
March 14th, 2010 at 10:33 pm
VivaLaVidaMama, plus a father who cooks and eats Manny’s dog, a ballroom dancing mother, and coterie of grown men who fall over each other to fluff his rice. The script for this movie can practically write itself.