The World of Wrestling

This public knows very well the distinction between wrestling and boxing; it knows that boxing is a Jansenist sport, based on a demonstration of excellence. One can bet on the outcome of a boxing-match: with wrestling, it wold make no sense. A boxing-match is a story which is constructed before the eyes of the spectator; in wrestling, on the contrary, it is each moment which is intelligible, not the passage of time.

Schön, dass es das auch online gibt: Roland Barthes' berühmten semiologischen Essay über Wrestling aus den Mythen des Alltags.