Re:Making chloroform so I can sleep better at night
by mrguyorama on Tuesday January 24, 2023 @05:30PM
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Professional wrestling got a lot more fun and cool when I realized it isn't "fake", because it isn't trying to be real because it's actually supposed to be modern day Shakespeare
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Re:Making chloroform so I can sleep better at night
by isk517 on Tuesday January 24, 2023 @07:03PM
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I loved watching it as a kid and my friend convinced me to check out some modern stuff about 2 years ago and I have been having a blast watching it ever since.
Re:Making chloroform so I can sleep better at night
by henriquemaia on Tuesday January 24, 2023 @10:15PM
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Roland Barthes agrees. Check this essay he wrote in the 60s about wrestling.
https://archive.org/details/barthes-world-of-wrestling/mode/...
Re:Making chloroform so I can sleep better at night
by Waterluvian on Tuesday January 24, 2023 @11:07PM
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Same! Learning it was fake ruined it. And then realizing that it’s in on being “fake” and that it’s a soap opera made me appreciate it a lot.
And “fake” may cover the results of the matches but it doesn’t cover how intense it is on their bodies. Olympic wrestling is probably a far easier sport on the body.