Whether this saga ends in exit stage left remains to be seen but the Chelsea manager is hardly the leading player in a Shakespearean tragedyI’m not saying there’s a camply comedian element to the poignant posturings of José Mourinho. But the declaration that he felt “betrayed” after Monday’s loss to Leicester recalled precisely for me the moment Nathan Lane’s drag queen in The Birdcage is being given a crash course in acting straight. “How do you feel approximately that call nowadays?” he is asked by way of a role play. “I mean the Dolphins! Fourth-and-three play on their 30-yard line with only 34 seconds to go!”How do you believe I feel?” declaims Albert,hand to his bosom. “Betrayed, bewildered … ” A fretfully reflective pause. “Wrong response?”Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com