Pool Players, and the stereotype against them.

What is it with the billiards sport that associates it with the multitudes of "Ah Bengs" in Singapore? It's like when you mention the word pool hall, it conjures up images of a seedy pool hall, smoky and dark, filled with people who smoke, and gamble.

To be honest, true, some pool halls in Singapore are like that, take a look at those in ParkLane. However, MOST pool halls in Singapore do not have that image, look at Pool Fusion 3, LeClassic Pool, Labyrinth, Pool Junction, those are up-market, high class pool halls which house professional pool players.

Just look at today's Newspaper, HOME section.

Quoth: " Two of the friends were from the same school while the four others were dropouts, and all of them would hang about the void deck, smoking, and chatting before going to town to play pool, most often to midnight"

THIS IS WHAT BRINGS UP THE IMAGES OF SUCH POOL HALLS, THE MEDIA. Look at shows such as PoolHall JUnkies(Not bashing ANY of the shows, in fact I actually enjoy them), The Color of Money, The Hustler. These shows all show pool halls as a place where a lot of gambling, gangsterism and rowdiness goes on. However, one should bear in mind that these are just shows, fiction, not real, but considering the stupidity of local people, heck even I once had that stereotype against pool players and pool halls. Such is the stupidity of locals to believe ANYTHING portrayed by the media as true.

posted by Celluzion @ 12:09 PM