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Doesn't kayfabe require that they not be naive to his lies?

• mindslight 1y ago
  No? People used to get mad when someone said wrestling was fake. It wasn't because they were in on it and pretending to be mad, but rather because they wanted to believe. A very similar dynamic to Trumpism, come to think of it.
  • cosmicgadget 1y ago
    Huh. My understanding of the definition is that both parties realize it is fiction and agree to pretend it is not.
    • mindslight 1y ago
      Both parties (the actors) that are in on it, yes. But not the audience, at least traditionally. Maybe the audience now, at least somewhat? These things aren't discrete states in fragmented post-reality. That dynamic was starting to show back then (hence people getting angry from the compression of cognitive dissonance), but it's one of the main dynamics these days.
      • tstrimple 1y ago
        My mind immediately went to this: https://youtu.be/h6pRbwu4Pf0 https://youtu.be/h6pRbwu4Pf0 Could find many such examples today featuring red hats.