To set the mood Cascardi shows a five-minute Maybach video with an original score by Hans Zimmer, composer ofthe music for Gladiator and The Lion King.
In difficult economic times marked by high unemployment and rising food and gas prices, the retail landscape is comparable to thegladiator days ofthe Roman Empire.
And while my friends claim I often read too much into the meaning of sporting events, I have been beaming with the rest of southern Africa at the emergence of Zambia as a fully fledged African gladiator on the football field.