[Artemisia] Yay for Good TV! :D

[Sondra Gibson]

 > Subject: [Artemisia] Yay for Good TV! :D
>
> Knights of Mayhem will be premiering tonight, thanks to
> National Geographic. It starts, I believe, at 7pm, and there
> is a second episode right after.


 Wow - I had thought about posting about that group and seeing what others thought.  Not to be a spoil sport but I saw a documentary that was partly about them a while back and have seen numerous previews of the upcoming Nat. Geo show.  I was not amused.  They sound like they have nothing to do with historical re-creation, and are only interested in smashing each other off of horses. (wanting to get jousting to be an olympic sport???) One big guy was saying that anyone who faced him should plan on eventually being hurt.  He really seemed to have an 'attitude'.  Not anything I'd compare to knightly qualities.  Sorry but I think it puts jousting in a *very* bad light.

There is another group out there whose name escapes me that appears to be MUCH more into doing things historically correct and seem to care much more about safety. I wonder how many horses the knights of mayhem have injured?  Don't really care about the people - I figure they are going into it with full knowledge of the danger.  But the poor horses....

Just my 50c worth...

Gefjon