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| Plot Summary of Wrestling At The Chase |
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"Wrestling At The Chase is Larry Matysik's love letter to his beloved former wrestling promotion. It's a history of promoter Sam Muchnick as well as the wrestlers who passed through there and some about Larry himself. He explains how Sam got his start as a writer for baseball and how he made his transition into wrestling. Larry talks about the evolution of the televison program and how he got hooked on it as a kid. Also covered are the wrestlers themselves from David Von Erich to Frank "Bruiser" Brody and manyof the champions who came through there like Terry Funk, Harley Race, and Ric Flair.
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Bobby Blades, Resident Scholar
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Sports story?
- wrestling
Sports story
Yes
Period of greatest activity?
- 1950+
Subject of Biography
Gender
- Male
Profession/status:
- writer
Age:
- 40's-50's
Ethnicity
- White
How sensitive is this person?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other people
Physique
- average physique
Setting
How much descriptions of surroundings?
- 2 ()
United States
Yes
The US:
- Midwest
Century:
- 1980's-Present
Style
Person
- mostly 1st
Accounts of torture and death?
- moderately detailed references to deaths
Book makes you feel?
- thoughtful
Is book humorous?
Yes
If humorous, kind of humor
- eccentric personalities
- gentle
Unusual Style:
- a lot of flashback and forwards
Writer's slant towards subject:
- favorable
Story of entire life, or part?
- story of nearly entire life
Is this a biography of several people?
Yes
Autobiography?
Yes
Pictures/Illustrations?
- More 6-10 B&W
How much dialogue in bio?
- significantly more descript than dialog
A LOT of info about personal vices?
Yes
How much of bio focuses on most famous period of life?
- 51%-75% of book
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