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Xero
02-15-2007, 12:57 PM
an offshoot of "Theatre of the Absurd," in which characters engage in meaningless dialogue, repetitive actions, and incomprehensible behavior in order to demonstrate the absurdity of human existence.

Got that from Define:Professional Wrestling on Google.

Got to say, it's pretty spot on. Especially now. :shifty:
Loose Cannon
02-15-2007, 01:06 PM
lol
Kane Knight
02-15-2007, 01:16 PM
I don't know. It would have to be done with intent. Has Vince really become an intentional parody of his once "great" product, in which he seeks to display the futility of the human condition, rather than make his meaningless product seem meaningful?
Stickman
02-15-2007, 01:18 PM
Wrestling is pretty stupid if you think about it.
Kane Knight
02-15-2007, 01:27 PM
I think everyone with more than ten brain cells has come to that conclusion.
Londoner
02-15-2007, 02:06 PM
The trick is not to think about it, and watch it anyway. Who cares after all? Its a tv show, Vince can do wtf he wants with it.
BigDaddyCool
02-15-2007, 02:11 PM
wReStLiNg roolz! tehy dont no waht they r t-awking about!
Tombstone275
02-15-2007, 02:25 PM
Wait its not real?
Kane Knight
02-15-2007, 02:37 PM
Yes, it's real dear. Now go back to sleep.
Londoner
02-15-2007, 02:37 PM
You mean Undertaker isn't really dead?
Kane Knight
02-15-2007, 02:43 PM
It's all a state of mind
thedamndest
02-15-2007, 03:23 PM
Yeah. Fuck Google.
owenbrown
02-15-2007, 03:40 PM
Wrestling is pretty stupid if you think about it.


You got that right. :nono:

and LOL at Xero's sig. :lol:
owenbrown
02-15-2007, 03:41 PM
You mean Undertaker isn't really dead?


and Eugene is not really special? :?:
Xero
02-15-2007, 03:43 PM
And Vince McMahon isn't really losing it!?

:shifty:
Nowhere Man
02-15-2007, 05:01 PM
I'd definitely qualify pro wrestling as theater, but absurdism? Absurdism is meant to promote the belief that human existence is pointless, and that searching for meaning in it is wrong. Somehow, I don't think that Hulk Hogan and Iron were taking a cue from Eugene Ionesco or the like.

If anything, pro wrestling is an offshoot of Italian commedia dell'arte, which uses stock characters, and relies on improvisation combined with pre-scripted spots.

(although it's funny to note that Samuel Beckett, the world's most prominent absurdist playwright, once lived next-door to Andre the Giant)

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Kane Knight
02-15-2007, 05:23 PM
Wrestling gets the point across. It's just not out to do it.
JohnnyA
02-15-2007, 09:49 PM
Honestly, TPWW is the fucking goth section of the wrestling fan bookstore.
Blitz
02-15-2007, 09:52 PM
.....what?
Xero
02-15-2007, 10:09 PM
Honestly, TPWW is the fucking goth section of the wrestling fan bookstore.
Shut up mark.

I always knew Johnny Ace was a mark.
JohnnyA
02-15-2007, 10:12 PM
So like, when you flame people, does it really hurt or like, is it fake? Because I heard it was fake! Oh, can I have your autograph? I watch you online every week! Can you introduce me to Kane Knight? He is like, wmg.
Xero
02-15-2007, 10:14 PM
....what?
Xero
02-15-2007, 10:14 PM
Oh, I know who you are, Illusionist.

Tip for you: Change the gimmick up between usernames.
Kane Knight
02-15-2007, 10:17 PM
Honestly, TPWW is the fucking goth section of the wrestling fan bookstore.

Yo know, actually thinking while posting will help you be coherent.
Kane Knight
02-15-2007, 10:19 PM
No Xero, unless he started this account a long time ago to "fool" us or summat.

Occasionally, there are legitimately stupid people on this board as well as the fake ones.
Xero
02-15-2007, 10:26 PM
Same posting style though.
Blitz
02-16-2007, 03:25 AM
No Xero, unless he started this account a long time ago to "fool" us or summat.
He is an illusionist :shifty:
Blitz
02-16-2007, 03:25 AM
He could be watching us RIGHT NOW!
thedamndest
02-16-2007, 03:30 AM
I think he's saying that TNA, like the goth section of the bookstore, contains the great literary works of Edgar Allen Poe. Yes?
Blitz
02-16-2007, 03:35 AM
We should have a Raven forum. It would work on 2 levels.
Kane Knight
02-16-2007, 07:59 AM
I think he's saying that TNA, like the goth section of the bookstore, contains the great literary works of Edgar Allen Poe. Yes?

Brilliant Detective stories.
Pardeep 619
02-16-2007, 07:44 PM
Honestly, TPWW is the fucking goth section of the wrestling fan bookstore.

You're a big fan of goth then... :shifty:
Londoner
02-17-2007, 03:09 PM
and Eugene is not really special? :?:


I guess Angle isn't really God either. :shifty:
Kane Knight
02-17-2007, 04:22 PM
I guess Angle isn't really God either. :shifty:

Let's not get too far.
FourFifty
02-17-2007, 10:42 PM
Wait its not real?

IT'S STILL REAL TO ME, DAMNIT!