Comment on Did the western world just suddenly go back to pretending wrestling is "real" for some reason?
warbond@lemmy.world 3 weeks 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 3 weeks agoathlete Athletes compete or strive against others to attain a goal, TV wrestlers perform.
mostNONheinous@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
You could say there goal is to perform for that audience, as a team….of athletes.
warbond@lemmy.world 3 weeks 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.