The great World Cup re-imagining: Beautiful game faces ugly politics as boycott calls grow

COMMENT Growing up, I used to think that rich people’s lives were peaceful and better in every way; on a much bigger scale, I applied that same naive logic when comparing countries. Blessed with a vivid imagination, there are few episodes where I would randomly match a person’s face to a particular country or brand based on their social status or simply my perception of them. No doubt, the faces of the rich would find themselves with the body of a first-world country, while the not-so-fortunate in life would — you guessed it — become third-world countries. Heck, even if I say so myself, such a colourful imagination is what Hollywood screenwriters are made of. It is funny Hollywood should pop...