29 January 2014

A guide to American football

Josh Levin has a Slate article about a British view of American football:
Millions of people around the world will tune in to the Super Bowl this Sunday and have absolutely no clue what they’re looking at. For a quick primer on America’s favorite sport, which remains ragingly unpopular most everywhere else, they could do worse than watch Fraser Davidson’s A Guide to American Football (above). In just under three minutes, the British animator, writer, and director covers everything you need to know about a game based on “taking other people’s land by force”: team nicknames, artificial turf, end zone celebrations, and more.
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