Politically themed pro wrestling turns dark.

[Father Heathen]

Two pro wrestlers developed 'The Progressive Liberal' to be the bad guy at matches. Then the atmosphere turned far darker | CNN Politics

What do you suppose this says about the culture?

 

[PureX]

The power of artifice among people that don't understand what it is, or when it's being used to sucker them.

 

[sun rise]

It's interesting that the "actors" themselves are opposites:

“We’re complete opposites,” James said. “I’m a gun-owning, tobacco-chewing, Bible-believing mountain person; Dan is not. But Dan and I can get along. And if we have arguments, we have a luxury that most people don’t have – we know somewhere in the next few days, we’ll be in the ring together so we can just punch the other one in the back of the head.”

But that’s stagecraft....