{"id":407,"date":"2024-08-13T10:57:31","date_gmt":"2024-08-13T10:57:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/buckinghamshire-removals.co.uk\/?p=407"},"modified":"2024-08-28T10:58:02","modified_gmt":"2024-08-28T10:58:02","slug":"the-tightrope-walkers-farrell-and-docherty-star-in-bbc-poker-documentary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/buckinghamshire-removals.co.uk\/index.php\/2024\/08\/13\/the-tightrope-walkers-farrell-and-docherty-star-in-bbc-poker-documentary\/","title":{"rendered":"The Tightrope Walkers: Farrell and Docherty star in BBC Poker Documentary\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Thus Spake Zarathustra <\/h2>\n
In the Prologue to \u2018Thus Spake Zarathustra,\u2019 Nietzsche\u2019s anti-prophet comes down from the mountain declaring that \u2018God is dead\u2019 and that humanity needs to adopt that reality as a starting point for a new type of existence. His descent brings him to a small town where he preaches his message, his wisdom falling on the deaf ears of the townspeople who are more interested in the performance of a Tightrope Walker. Rather than continuing to preach, Zarathustra spectates with them, marvelling at the Tightrope Walker, who is in the middle of his act. <\/p>\n
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he falls from his rope and plummets to the hard ground below<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
As the Tightrope Walker gets half way across the span of his rope, he hears the voice of a Jester coming from behind him. The voice tells him to move out of the way, to return to the safety of his tower. The Tightrope Walker, however, does not heed the warning and suddenly the Jester runs along the rope himself, leaping over the Tightrope Walker who begins to wobble. His balance failing him, he falls from his rope and plummets to the hard ground below, landing near to where Zarathustra is standing. <\/p>\n
The crowd disperses in all directions and the Tightrope Walker, his body broken, lies dying from the fall. Struggling for breath, he asks Zarathustra if he can stay with him to \u2018stop the Devil from dragging him to Hell\u2019. Zarathustra only comforts him, telling him that Hell no longer exists and that \u2018to die through the dangers of one\u2019s work is a great honour.\u2019 Zarathustra sits next to the Tightrope Walker\u2019s corpse until nightfall and then buries him.<\/p>\n