Do you watch pro wrestling and do you consider it to be real or fake?
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BohoBabe · M
It's a real performance art, like any other form of acting.
LordShadowfire · 46-50, M
@BohoBabe I feel like people who get hung up on whether it's fake or not are missing the point. I shut somebody up once who kept saying it was fake. We were watching some action movies, and every time he cheered at one of the stunts in the movie, I would yell "Fake!" 😆
BohoBabe · M
@LordShadowfire It really is a huge cognitive dissonance. People will watch comic book movies, which I also enjoy, but then they'll say wrestling is stupid because it's men in costumes having a staged fight. Bruh!
LordShadowfire · 46-50, M
@BohoBabe My friend Brian, who watched it with me enthusiastically, summed it up perfectly once. He said it was like a soap opera for guys. And that's exactly what it is. The silly plot lines, the rivalries, the costumes, all of it performed on stage by mediocre actors, for an audience consisting of people who just want to shut off their minds for a while.