Comment on Did the western world just suddenly go back to pretending wrestling is "real" for some reason?

• UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world ⁨18⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  wrestling has the storylines that the circus doesn’t

  Every Cirque-du-Soleil I’ve been to has had a storyline.

  The Jerry Springer like drama and feuds that people really get invested in with the same level of chair throwing.

  There’s a ton of hype that builds up around the actual events, in no small part because the events themselves are physically exhausting and the producers need to fill hours of time with minutes of match.

  But we see the exact same kind of shit during the Olympics. Two talking heads reading out an athlete’s life story for half an hour, right before you get to see a three minute floor routine or a sixteen second bobsled run.

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