| Re: Wrestling real or fake? [message #339963 is a reply to message #339766] |
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NukeIt15
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Registered: February 2003
Location: Out to lunch
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You get good storylines
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To each their own and all that... but please tell me you did not use the words "good" and "storyline" in reference to professional wrestling? I can't believe that the view in popular culture of what constitutes a good storyline has fallen so far as to consider two man-mountains beating each other senseless on TV an actual story?
I can understand the "it's fun to watch people hurting each other" angle- it worked for the Romans, after all, though at least we've made it as far as outlawing straight-up bloodsport.
I can also understand the "watch a star ascend to greatness" angle, because it can be very satisfying to see the competitor you've been rooting for beat out all of his opponents and become a champion. But please, I beg you, don't mistake that for a storyline, much less a good one. To do that is to cheapen the efforts of every writer in existence.
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