tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1546665963755719151.post4303488785772897738..comments2023-07-15T07:17:49.535-04:00Comments on Professional Wrestling in U.S. Popular Culture: Does violence mirror society? Foley's takeSam Fordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17233749268141980625noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1546665963755719151.post-33437249295746298882014-11-02T22:05:37.208-04:002014-11-02T22:05:37.208-04:00If you think about it, there is a lot in life that...If you think about it, there is a lot in life that is scripted, from what we do every day to what we wear, to the news on TV (most certainly scripted and framed). I think Foley cut himself short with his tongue-and-cheek approach in defense of wrestling. Garyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12968260885055118833noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1546665963755719151.post-32112306491854836552014-10-20T17:11:51.428-04:002014-10-20T17:11:51.428-04:00This is one of my favorite points in the book: tha...This is one of my favorite points in the book: that seem to accept wrestling as "fake" or at least less than what is portrayed, but rarely stop to consider how other mediums may be just as scripted. <br /><br />In some ways it reminds me of coverage of most "reality" television shows. Even the casual observer can tell that through editing and selective prodding, a narrative is generated that may have very little to do with the actual interactions of the show.<br /><br />Then of course there are the interactions when one scripted entity (WWE) attempts to get into reality television (Tough Enough; Total Divas), usually with mixed results. Timothy S. Richhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05759704121030358820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1546665963755719151.post-28979013209808094402014-10-20T09:31:00.083-04:002014-10-20T09:31:00.083-04:00Certainly, you can read a fair amount of defensive...Certainly, you can read a fair amount of defensiveness in Foley's points, and a great deal of cherry-picking. But he was also doing some of that tongue-in-cheek, I think...openly acknowledging it but expressing what he saw as a double-standard in how people talk about and evaluate wrestling. My takeaway was his point that a.) life is violent, so should we be all that surprised that the performance of violence in wrestling is part of it? b.) wrestling fans seem to like it when they catch glimpses that the guys are often good friends backstage because, while people like to blur the line, they are also attracted to wrestling, especially these days, because they like the PERFORMANCE of violence by guys who they know AREN'T trying to hurt each other; and c.) perhaps one of the best points he has made on this point in our reading thus far...there's a strange paradox that wrestling was soundly criticized for being fake when it was trying to purport to be real and, now that it's openly admitting it's real, it's being criticized as being violent and barbaric...Sam Fordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17233749268141980625noreply@blogger.com