How Disappointing

I read the headline “Sumo Ganger Ring Busted” and pictured a group of awesomely large sumo wrestlers who moonlighted as gangsters. They’d probably get whatever they wanted whenever they wanted it, because their sheer bulk would engender enough fear that they wouldn’t have to harm anybody. Who wouldn’t be afraid of massive figures of organized crime??? Alas, that’s now what happened at all. This is merely a boring article about Sumo wrestling coaches who gave ringside seats to gangsters. From the movies (and the news, to a much lesser degree) I know that Japanese gangsters are scary and lethal, and not a bit like the large and non-violent Sumo gangsters of my imagination. Pity.