Susan Sarandon pushes ping pong at new L.A. club苏珊萨兰登在洛杉矶的新俱乐部打乒乓球
 
 

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Photo Ping pong is having a moment, thanks in no small part to Susan Sarandon. The Oscar-winning actress and self-described “ping pong propagandist” envisi** a nation of table-tennis players. She’s the famous name behind SPiN, a series of “ping pong social clubs” that opened its latest location in Los Angeles last week. There are also clubs in New York, Toronto and Milwaukee (sorry, no Miami — yet).
Sarandon, 66, has been giving ping pong tables to friends and to inner-city schools since she helped open the New York club in 2009.
What led you to become such a ping pong enthusiast?
I am more a propagandist than a player. I love the game because it cuts across gender and age and body type, and you can play it until you die, unlike other sports that you have to abandon at a certain point. It’s a great family game because little girls can beat their fathers. It’s a great dating tool because, you know, rather than just sit and drink and be awkward, you can face each other and have music playing, so it’s a pretty easy sell. . . . The definition of the club is a community of people who get together to socialize, philosophize and exercise around this little ball. So that’s what we were trying to tap into.
How often do you play?
There was a time when I wasn’t working as much. I had a foot injury, but I could still stand behind the table and play, and then I was there a lot. But lately I haven’t been playing that much at all, because I have been all over the place. And that’s what’s great about the social network — once we get clubs up everywhere, if you find yourself in another city, you can just go on the social network and find people to play.
Are you doing a ping pong movie?
Isn’t that hilarious? Yeah, the ping pong movie is a very indie project but it was really fun to do. It’s basically, I guess you could say it’s The Karate Kid with ping pong, and I’m Mr. Miyagi.
The Associated Press

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照片记录的是关于乒乓球的一瞬间，感谢苏珊萨兰登，这位奥斯卡获奖女演员和自称“乒乓宣传大使”的美女同envisi **国家乒乓球运动员的合影。她背后的背景是著名的乒乓球馆“旋转”，连锁“乒乓球俱乐部”，上周在洛杉矶新店开业。这家俱乐部也有分部在纽约，多伦多和密尔沃基（对不起，迈阿密还没有）。

俱乐部的老板萨兰登，66岁，自从在纽约开俱乐部以来不断给朋友和市中心的学校提供乒乓球台。

是什么使你成为一个乒乓球爱好者？

我不是一个球员，而更像一个乒乓球的推广者。我爱这项游戏，因为它不受性别、年龄和体型的限制，你可以在有生之年打乒乓球，不像某些其他的运动你不得不在某个时间点放弃。这也是一个绝佳的家庭游戏因为小女孩可以击败他们的父亲。这也是一个绝佳的约会工具，因为，你知道，打乒乓球不会只是坐着喝和遇到尴尬，你可以面对对方，还可以有音乐播放，所以这是一个很容易的方式。..。俱乐部的定义是人民在一起交流社区，哲学和围绕这个小小的球运动。所以这就是我们要打球的原因。

你经常打吗？

有一阵子我工作不很忙的时候是。我有一个脚受伤了，但我仍然站在桌边玩，然后我有很多时间在打球。但最近我还没有打太多，因为我总是在各个地方出差。这就是关于乒乓社会网络的重要性-一旦我们的乒乓俱乐部开得到处都是，你就会发现自己在另一个城市，也可以找到当地的乒乓社会网络和找人打球。

你在做一个乒乓球的电影吗？

是不是很滑稽？是的，乒乓球电影是一个非常独立的项目，但是如果拍真的会很有趣。它基本上是，我猜你会说这是乒乓球运动的“空手道小子”，我是“宫城先生”。

美联社

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