>>15300794You're not very good at following arguments, are you. I used it as an example precisely because it was hugely popular and on the edge of maintream, that was the fucking point.
If you think wrestling or Jerry Springer were considered "respectable", however, you really need to reevaluate some of your life choices. People were making fun of that shit. It was watched precisely because it was garbage, let's not pretend that pro-wrestling was seen by polite society as being on the level of The Wire or the Sopranos.
It wouldn't be popular today because trashiness isn't in vogue these days like it was then.
