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Originally Posted by Destor
it comes up because they sell him as a tough guy. if he was a plucky baby trying to overcome his own weakness (a time tested way to book babies) it would be less of an issue. the name of the game is cognitive dissonance. the back of our brains know its all bullshit but we want to believe in the moment. we want to lie to ourselves. well with punk its a big fucking whopper. beyond plausibility.
imagine you're watching a film. its a horror movie. the first act is all tension. off screen kills. never seeing the monster. when you finally see it its a rediculous looking glorified teddy bear and the hand operating it is clearly in frame.
its not a horror film anymore. its unintentional comedy. thats punk. his credibility, or lack there of, is absolutely salient.
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So are you saying you can't buy CM Punk as a tough guy because if his real life persona and what you know about him irl or because of the way he portrays it? Because if it's the former, he wouldn't be the first wrestler that would be hard to believe in their gimmick and whatnot. Would you feel the same way if Punk was around in the 80s or 90s when everything wasn't so publicized and we didn't have things like social media for example. I suppose you can't really say with a hypothetical question like that though. However I do agree with you that he will not draw in any new fans and overall drawing is the most important thing so I get your point but I just find your reasoning very debatable if you meant it as the former of the two. I compare it to not buying an actor as a certain role because of what you know about him irl despite how well he portrays that character.