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Kayfabe
- api 7y agoI've always felt like there's kayfabe in politics too.
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- yesenadam 7y agoWell, sure, the nightly news filled with video clips of staged scenes–politicians in hard hats, being seen to do photogenic or patriotic things etc. 'Photo opportunities'. The politicians featured seem to spend half their time doing such fake stuff. The rivalry between the 2 main parties in many democracies has this nature–often politicians have old friends on the other side, yet their supporters are sworn enemies. The parties have a lot more in common than not, yet they're portrayed as and believed by the public to be absolute opposites.
- MrRadar 7y agoThe current submission title "Kayfabe (Wikipedia)" implies there is some kind of kayfabe specific to Wikipedia that the article was going to discuss however this is just a general article on the concept.
- cptnapalm 7y agoA handful of truly great kayfabe-at-all-costs stories: https://www.cracked.com/article_20029_5-insane-true-tales-wrestlers-refusing-to-break-character.html https://www.cracked.com/article_20029_5-insane-true-tales-wr... There's another one, that I can't seem to find where a promoter bought a boat and decided to use it as a prop in "winner gets a boat" match. The wrestler convinced the promoter to actually sign over the title in the name of kayfabe and the wrestler went home with his new boat.