tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1546665963755719151.post3172825407118887472..comments2023-07-15T07:17:49.535-04:00Comments on Professional Wrestling in U.S. Popular Culture: How the Vince Stole ChristmasSam Fordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17233749268141980625noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1546665963755719151.post-4001177043177604782014-10-13T21:10:49.011-04:002014-10-13T21:10:49.011-04:00We talked about this a little bit in class the oth...We talked about this a little bit in class the other day, and I want to acknowledge the fact that production costs for wrestling has skyrocketed. Ole talks about this in his book, and the difference is evident just in watching two performances from early tv age and now. Wrestling promotions have also started paying their "superstars" obscene amounts of money, about which Ole is also very vocal. Maybe an increased production cost could validate inflated ticket prices, but I still don't think such a large increase can be justified. Because wrestlers are portrayed as "stars," people will pay near anything for the chance to meet them. I still would rather spend $2000 to go to China or something instead of paying to meet some really cool normal guys... even though they're pretty awesome.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05347940786457522285noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1546665963755719151.post-77487458734911002182014-10-13T00:35:38.228-04:002014-10-13T00:35:38.228-04:00I LAUGHED OUT LOUD!! You should be proud of me, I ...I LAUGHED OUT LOUD!! You should be proud of me, I finally read it! I think this post is great! Vince can definitely be related to the Grench. He stole talent from so many other programs and didn't play by any of the unwrittern rules. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03395957719046655355noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1546665963755719151.post-26699509534548725652014-10-12T17:56:33.227-04:002014-10-12T17:56:33.227-04:00Ha! It does raise a lot of good questions. Vince&#...Ha! It does raise a lot of good questions. Vince's version, as he's enacted it several times, is that he brought competition to a bunch of monopolistic tyrants and challenged them. He played capitalism better than them. But it's interesting to watch the narrative of Vince as monopoly buster and "better at capitalism than you," on the one hand, and then see his narrative of "entrepreneurial family-owned business owner versus evil multibillionaire" when he runs head-to-head against Ted Turner, on the other...Sam Fordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17233749268141980625noreply@blogger.com