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Ask HN: Would banning obviously fake moves in wrestling improve US reputation?
Don’t people around the world wonder why such obviously fake moves are tolerated in professional wrestling broadcasts?
- pavel_lishin 2y agoAND it turns out mom was there the whole time! Her face was just hidden behind her hands!
- cratermoon 2y agoPro Westling is not a competitive sport, it's athletic theater. The premise is storytelling, not combat. Look up "kayfabe"
- amichail 2y agoThere is no reason to have obviously fake moves though.
- cratermoon 2y agoWhat, exactly, is a "fake" move in scripted mock combat?
- squeegee_scream 2y agoThe fake moves are to keep people from getting hurt. If you start using real moves it becomes a different thing entirely, one might even call it MMA or Olympic wrestling
- amichail 2y agoNot all moves in professional wrestling look obviously fake. Just take out the ones that do.
- krapp 2y agoSure there is, it's entertainment. One of the most popular wrestlers of all time was, canonically, an unkillable undead revenant from Hell. It's comic books in real life, it's fine, no one cares. If you're interested in (still fake but) more technically grounded performance look into Japanese puroresu.
- wryoak 2y agoYes and why have fake weapons in action films? The US will never be respected if Hollywood actors aren’t actually shooting at each other
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- thesuperbigfrog 2y agoSometimes the scripted drama becomes real: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montreal_Screwjob https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montreal_Screwjob "Maybe stage plays would be more credible if the actors used more realistic props." Yeah, maybe. Not sure what this has to do with US reputation . . .
- krapp 2y agoAlso people should check out Super Eyepatch Wolf's "The Unreality of Pro Wrestling," which is a very good video essay on the fiction and metafiction of the genre. [0]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=POsvxBJfTwg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=POsvxBJfTwg
- allears 2y agoUS reputation will not improve unless we become a stable and cooperative partner. We're headed in the opposite direction at the moment.
- docmechanic 2y agoI think other contemporary factors are far more likely to negatively impact our reputation abroad.
- science4sail 2y agoI don't understand this question - professional wrestling is a form of sport/entertainment and generally irrelevant to international relations. Is "wrestling" supposed to be a metaphor for something else?
- amichail 2y agoIt doesn't reflect well on the average American when obviously fake moves are acceptable in professional wrestling.
- JojoFatsani 2y agoBrother, you are missing the point entirely. Maybe not entirely your fault you don’t understand if you did not grow up in the US or Mexico. WWE is a soap opera, not a sport. There are impressive feats of athleticism/death defiance (Shane O Mac jumping off a 20 ft cage, etc), but nobody over the age of 6 thinks for a minute it’s actually a real competition.
- amichail 2y agoJust because it is fake doesn't mean it won't be better by omitting obviously fake moves.
- JojoFatsani 2y agoThis is a really weird hill to die on