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Netflix is turning into cable TV::After the loss of behind-the-scenes talent and the acquisition of rights to WWE, Netflix is starting to feel more and more like basic cable.

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[–] [email protected] 28 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (6 children)

I think it's ignorant to call it "shitty" or "fake wrestling".

Pro-wrestling entertainment is a form of camp theater, like drag shows. It's an old, cherished artform with a wide, passionate audience that outsiders routinely dismiss because they don't get it.

I don't watch it. It doesn't appeal to me. But I know people who love it. I think it's largely class elitism that perpetuates the misconception that this form of performance art is somehow unrespectable. It's not, it's challenging, dangerous, physically demanding theater.

Edit: For those confused or skeptical, check out Super Eyepatch Wolf's captivating media analysis "The Undertaker: Long term story telling in wrestling"

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago

Hella based take.

Attitude was the best era also

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

Just like in nineteen ninety-eight when The Undertaker threw Mankind off Hell In A Cell and plummeted 16 ft through an announcer's table?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

I would call WWE shitty because of what they do to their performers. The performers are artists and deserve our respect tho.