How do you defend wrestling?

**voncouch** · 07-12-2013, 11:21 AM

So today, once again, I had a friend of mine give me that look we've all seen when you tell someone you're a wrestling fan. No matter how many movies WWE produces, no matter how many talk shows wrestlers go on to show they know how to string together a coherent thought, wrestling is always going to have that stigma. So I got to wondering: how do you defend it when someone passes judgement?

Personally, I do theater so I explain it in those terms. It's a simple story told by two or more highly skilled athletes through physicality and movement. It's performed on a raised stage in the round. There's lighting design, there's set design, there's sound design. Boom: that's theater. At worst it's a physical exhibition. At best it's performance art.

So how about you? What's your go-to defense?

07-12-2013, 11:21 AM	#1
voncouch MEIN FUHRER! I CAN WALK! Posts: 566	How do you defend wrestling? So today, once again, I had a friend of mine give me that look we've all seen when you tell someone you're a wrestling fan. No matter how many movies WWE produces, no matter how many talk shows wrestlers go on to show they know how to string together a coherent thought, wrestling is always going to have that stigma. So I got to wondering: how do you defend it when someone passes judgement? Personally, I do theater so I explain it in those terms. It's a simple story told by two or more highly skilled athletes through physicality and movement. It's performed on a raised stage in the round. There's lighting design, there's set design, there's sound design. Boom: that's theater. At worst it's a physical exhibition. At best it's performance art. So how about you? What's your go-to defense?