Unlikely Words » wrestling http://www.unlikelywords.com A blog with delusions of grandeur Wed, 08 Feb 2012 22:48:26 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 Mickey Rourke, The Wrestler http://www.unlikelywords.com/2008/12/17/mickey-rourke-the-wrestler/ http://www.unlikelywords.com/2008/12/17/mickey-rourke-the-wrestler/#comments Thu, 18 Dec 2008 00:50:51 +0000 aaron cohen http://www.unlikelywords.com/?p=2114
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    • ]]>     Scott Raab in Esquire and Bill Simmons in ESPN the Magazine write the exact same article about Mickey Rourke in Darren Aronofsky's newest, The Wrestler: "Rourke is a jerk and he's playing himself as washed up and talent wasted". Simmons did spice it up a little at the end by telling wrestling when they can have him back as a fan.
    When it institutes a pension plan for retired wrestlers, when there's an off-season that mirrors those of the major sports so bodies can recover, when it cracks down on all enhancers, when someone explains to me why I shouldn't care that so many ghosts showed up for my private screening.


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