Good stuff here, Jonathan, as always. Gotta say, I've followed your writings for many years and this version of writing about whatever you want and at whatever frequency you want, is my favorite.
Also, my 8 and 10 year old boys are wildly into wrestling right now which gives me the perfect excuse to once again delve into that world which I hadn't followed much since I was their age. It's fantastic and also the perfect cover.
Any time I get the " you know wrestling is fake, right? I respond with "Yeah, and you know I used to watch movies until I found out it was scripted." That usually stops them in their tracks.
This is indeed what 90% of people who weigh in on this subject will say. It's interesting to think what this means for wrestling, often presented as a "major sport" / "billion-dollar business" / etc. by some of those who write about it. Some silent-generation men, friends of my late father in my case, had far less kind things to say about it (mostly regarding the predilections of the performers), but I haven't heard such comments in years. Maybe some on the very far Right are still saying them.
Given that I write about other stuff, I'm happy when this comes up at work ("isn't it all fake?" "is it still on?"), where I'm mainly writing about employee surveillance and listening (as "empowerment"), because it means they're not talking about/unaware of my weirder articles.
As someone who got into pro wrestling as an adult, the easiest way to avoid criticism for the hobby is to no sell the haters and just embrace the fandom 😎
Good stuff here, Jonathan, as always. Gotta say, I've followed your writings for many years and this version of writing about whatever you want and at whatever frequency you want, is my favorite.
Also, my 8 and 10 year old boys are wildly into wrestling right now which gives me the perfect excuse to once again delve into that world which I hadn't followed much since I was their age. It's fantastic and also the perfect cover.
Any time I get the " you know wrestling is fake, right? I respond with "Yeah, and you know I used to watch movies until I found out it was scripted." That usually stops them in their tracks.
This is indeed what 90% of people who weigh in on this subject will say. It's interesting to think what this means for wrestling, often presented as a "major sport" / "billion-dollar business" / etc. by some of those who write about it. Some silent-generation men, friends of my late father in my case, had far less kind things to say about it (mostly regarding the predilections of the performers), but I haven't heard such comments in years. Maybe some on the very far Right are still saying them.
Given that I write about other stuff, I'm happy when this comes up at work ("isn't it all fake?" "is it still on?"), where I'm mainly writing about employee surveillance and listening (as "empowerment"), because it means they're not talking about/unaware of my weirder articles.
As someone who got into pro wrestling as an adult, the easiest way to avoid criticism for the hobby is to no sell the haters and just embrace the fandom 😎