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Quoted By: >>19489287 >>19489380 >>19489751 >>19489770
Smarks are marks and marks and smarks, nowadays
that's the price of breaking kayfabe
the marks are now hyperaware of writing and booking, they see their cheers and online praise as investing in a wrestler rather than sincerely doing so.
Proof?
Smarks loved the finish
Marks hated the finish, blamed the booker
You need to update your understanding, it's not the 2000s anymore.
Kayfabe is mega dead and wrestling is a post-modernist exercise where fans are hyperware of attendance, moneys, views, virality, stock prices etc. its a recursive, parasocial exercise its not about what happens in the screen anymore
that's the price of breaking kayfabe
the marks are now hyperaware of writing and booking, they see their cheers and online praise as investing in a wrestler rather than sincerely doing so.
Proof?
Smarks loved the finish
Marks hated the finish, blamed the booker
You need to update your understanding, it's not the 2000s anymore.
Kayfabe is mega dead and wrestling is a post-modernist exercise where fans are hyperware of attendance, moneys, views, virality, stock prices etc. its a recursive, parasocial exercise its not about what happens in the screen anymore
