Rewatched "Wrestling Isn't Wrestling" and now I'm looking up the state of WWE. It's modernized (postmodernized?) and adapted really well. It's fascinating how social media has penetrated and permeated everything
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I think they were one of the pioneers of "going meta". It's a soap opera about good vs evil. But they then make the business part of it part of the show. So you're not just watching a tv show about wrestling, you're watching a tv show about a tv show about wrestling
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it was one of the places where Trump learned his game. Linda McMahon is serving in his government at this very moment.
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Yeah part of why I bring it up is to talk about the current state of politics. But I think it also goes back. I think Trump has understood this brand of performance art for decades. Also – SG's former PM Lee Kuan Yew once made the case that US Politics has always been like this
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politics of the spectacle is a major theme in U.S. history, for sure. Kennedy (television), FDR (radio), and Lincoln (mass audience debate) were all innovators in media spectacle.
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