"Deep Play: Notes on the Balinese Cockfight" In the critical essay, "Deep Play: Notes on the Balinese Cockfight" by Clifford Geertz, the author describes a very important part of the Balinese culture - the cockfight. This fight represents more than it first appears. Cockfights are well attended events by men only. Bets are taken on these events. However, the money isn't all that is at stake. It's significance to kin, masculinity and other such items is another point Geertz expresses. Percy writes about the common and the complex readers, in his essay "The Loss of the Creature." Geertz also utilizes this tactic