Comment on Did the western world just suddenly go back to pretending wrestling is "real" for some reason?
warbond@lemmy.world 10 months agoathlete Athletes compete or strive against others to attain a goal, TV wrestlers perform.
Comment on Did the western world just suddenly go back to pretending wrestling is "real" for some reason?
warbond@lemmy.world 10 months agoathlete Athletes compete or strive against others to attain a goal, TV wrestlers perform.
mostNONheinous@lemmy.world 10 months ago
You could say there goal is to perform for that audience, as a team….of athletes.
warbond@lemmy.world 10 months ago
No idea why my previous comment shows as quoted, but whatever
My argument is that if they were actually competing that would mess with the performative nature of the storytelling.