very well put. I came to basically the same conclusion after watching Mr McMahon on Netflix, which is eye opening for a Brit who never watched wrestling but now finds Americans mildly less perplexing than before (at the price of being even weirder than I thought).
Awesome insight, Hilarius Bookbinder (don’t worry, your true identity is safe with me)! Check out Space Cake to see a similar insight (birds of a feather and all that). Your analysis also applies to religion, news, and the newest victim—professional football.
Think of all the relatively recent hubbub pre-Super Bowl when more focus was put on whether Swift's boyfriend's mother would accept Swift, how Swift and her posse would react to the Chief's last second win, all the pre-game BS "drama" between specific players (much like the pre-death-match BS banter between, say, Hulk Hogan and King Kong Bundy), the scripted patriotism--special forces parachuting into the stadium, the jets fly-over in formation, the scripted passionate rendering of the National Anthem...on the field it seems legit enough, as competitive sports go, but the "entertainmentization" (the "pageantry") of the sport is what I am referring to.
very well put. I came to basically the same conclusion after watching Mr McMahon on Netflix, which is eye opening for a Brit who never watched wrestling but now finds Americans mildly less perplexing than before (at the price of being even weirder than I thought).
Awesome insight, Hilarius Bookbinder (don’t worry, your true identity is safe with me)! Check out Space Cake to see a similar insight (birds of a feather and all that). Your analysis also applies to religion, news, and the newest victim—professional football.
In what sense does the analysis apply to professional football (at leasr to the games, as they are played on the field)?
Think of all the relatively recent hubbub pre-Super Bowl when more focus was put on whether Swift's boyfriend's mother would accept Swift, how Swift and her posse would react to the Chief's last second win, all the pre-game BS "drama" between specific players (much like the pre-death-match BS banter between, say, Hulk Hogan and King Kong Bundy), the scripted patriotism--special forces parachuting into the stadium, the jets fly-over in formation, the scripted passionate rendering of the National Anthem...on the field it seems legit enough, as competitive sports go, but the "entertainmentization" (the "pageantry") of the sport is what I am referring to.