Saturday, August 20, 2022

I hate the term character

I hate the term character in professional wrestling I hate the term phrase babyface and heel in professional wrestling because once the fans started using them they meant absolutely nothing.     I hate the term phrase script or going off script.   I hate the term performance art and performance  artists which is constanly being used in AEW and outside of the WWE.   I really wish the term breaking character would stop being used at all costs because professional wrestlers are already characters without being characters.   It is a light that goes on and when that light goes off so does that magnification.   If something goes wrong they can act accordingly.   For example: William Regal  said on his podcast: Gentlemen Villain podcast that “Daren and Chris Jericho get along fine but William Regal and Chris Jericho never get on”.   Notice Regal did not use the term character but he made a distinction between the two.   I know that these terms and habits are hard to break and fans are always going to do what they want to do and the thing I have noticed about fans they do not want to hear any different opinion or prospectives other then their own or they get offened.   In politics it is the exact same way but I do not buy into the it’s all good now mentality of the modern fans and writers of the business who critique it  and I am not  asking or suggesting fans  to think of this form of entertainment as being real but I think every fan would enjoy this pastime more if they did not over think so much of it.   No one does that with a movie a TV show or a play unless I guess they are critics and I have no problem calling professional wrestling a show I prefer a theatrical event without the participants acting instead of acting they are reacting.   Which is the distinction.   Professional wrestling used to be in  a genera all by itself because of the mystique and uniqueness to it I fear it has gone extinct.   

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