this thread is funny because I both highkey agree with a lot of what it's saying, but also, enjoy misery when it's what I know I'm signing up for; a lot of the most emotionally satisfying media I've ever consumed has been absolutely harrowing.https://twitter.com/clairewillett/status/1281339393500835840 …
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weirdly i think this is part of why i've surprisingly found myself being ride-or-die for pro wrestling Barthes himfuckingself called it a "spectacle of excess" with an approving smile; it wears its falsehood proudly, and asks you to believe anyway in the same breath
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it hits the same exact "this is bigger than you are, and also fake, a dance of unhinged signifiers, and it's neat to mark out on it" that really meta shit hits on without ever really doing the snide aside of "but we're all Adults Here and so we're not having fun"
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I mean I definitely think his critique has merit when we're looking at popular entertainment today The need for catharsis is especially pernicious in fiction that purports to be history Any true story, by its nature, can't have had a happy ending because it DIDN'T END
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The whole thing about how it's almost impossible to find one of those inspirational based-on-a-true-story movies whose ending isn't immediately undermined by just asking what happened next in real life
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