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Netflix is turning into cable TV::After the loss of behind-the-scenes talent and the acquisition of rights to WWE, Netflix is starting to feel more and more like basic cable.

  • aesthelete@lemmy.worldEnglish
    39·
    11 months ago

    Can’t we have one thread on the Internet where we take the piss out of “manly” men in full costume including tights and makeup throwing each other around and performing “manly” acrobatics / gymnastics without having to bend over for the sanctity of the viewing audience?

    I guess not, I guess we have to have a (righteous) turd in every punch bowl.

    • maness300@lemmy.worldEnglish
      72·
      11 months ago

      I mean, you’re trying to shit on an entire form of art and diminish people’s enjoyment of it.

      There are countless threads on the internet tearing down wrestling and those who like it. Very few actually have responses like the one you’re replying to.

      • aesthelete@lemmy.worldEnglish
        25·
        11 months ago

        I mean, you’re trying to shit on an entire form of art and diminish people’s enjoyment of it.

        yawn it’s “art” primarily made for people who take daily shits on art being for pussies or pansies or worthless

        I understand that there are some versions of it that don’t suck and that not all of the fans are like that…but this is a situation akin to mainstream country music…the current mainstream incarnations of this thing (i.e. the WWE, which is such an impoverished “artist” that it just inked a multi-billion dollar deal with Netflix) are so far removed from the “art” version of the thing that we might as well be talking about different things.

        As for “diminishing people’s enjoyment of it”…if you cannot enjoy something despite very mild criticisms of it…you probably didn’t enjoy it that much to begin with. This is Lemmy so I don’t think the two dozen views my posts get will make a big cosmic difference.

        Very few actually have responses like the one you’re replying to.

        Doubt

        I come from Twitter. I’m not sure what your social media background is but there they have a “leave no opportunity for sanctimonious bullshit unexplored” policy.

        • Andy@slrpnk.netEnglish
          4·
          11 months ago

          yawn it’s “art” primarily made for people who take daily shits on art being for pussies or pansies or worthless

          Look, I don’t want to bicker, because you seem kind of sensitive about all this, but I just want to point out for anyone unaware, pro wresting is popular with a lot of queer and counterculture folks.

          There’s this misconception that it’s for people with confederate flags on the back of pickup trucks. In reality, women consistently make up about 40% of the audience for pro wrestling. They only make up 25% of the audience for MMA.

          Also, viewership is about 25% black. That’s a huge over representation compared to national demographics. And it’s popular from Mexico to Japan!

          It’s flamboyant musclemen and women hamming it up. If you think that’s all for people who don’t like art and theater, you’re sorely mistaken.

          http://indeedwrestling.blogspot.com/2017/06/wwe-demographics-femalemale-split.html —
          https://playtoday.co/blog/stats/wwe-viewership-statistics/ —
          https://wrestlenomics.com/2022/03/23/race-demographics-in-tv-wrestling-viewership-aew-is-still-behind-wwe-with-black-viewers/

          • aesthelete@lemmy.worldEnglish
            12·
            11 months ago

            I get that it’s not all straight white cis christian males, pretty much nothing is. What I don’t get is why we have to get all worked up about someone making fun of some silly, multi-billion dollar business.

        • maness300@lemmy.worldEnglish
          52·
          11 months ago

          primarily made for people who take daily shits on art being for pussies or pansies or worthless

          Okay… have you ever heard of being the bigger person? And this in no way applies to everyone or even the majority of people who enjoy wrestling.

          You sound like a grandpa trying to explain to teenagers why rap isn’t music.

          • aesthelete@lemmy.worldEnglish
            14·
            11 months ago

            Okay… have you ever heard of being the bigger person?

            Sure, have you ever heard of being a killjoy?

            I understand you have a sort of “not all men” thing going on in this thread because you’re likely a fan of wrestling, but I don’t care.

            Maybe you and your friends love purely artisanal, organically grown, farm to table, backyard wrestling…but I’ve bumped into a metric shit ton of absolute douchenozzles that like mainstream wrestling (i.e. the WWE which is what is being discussed anyway) and I don’t care about making fun of it or them for liking it a little.

            It’s possible to like something even if you know it sucks. I was a pretty big Coldplay fan for years…I still watch the NFL a bit despite it being basically eagle, beer, betting, army, trucks, Gillette (the best a man can get) for 3.5 hours interrupted by a few seconds of actual gameplay.

            It’s possible to see the bad sides of things you enjoy…it’s actually healthy IMO.

    • Andy@slrpnk.netEnglish
      4·
      11 months ago

      You CAN take he piss out of anything you want. It’s just that if your take is uninformed, don’t grouse when someone says, ‘Oh! Here’s some context so you can know more about this thing! Enjoy knowing something new!’

      • aesthelete@lemmy.worldEnglish
        12·
        11 months ago

        The Internet is just full of annoying nags about every single issue. In one thread on here today I bumped into a guy who claimed to be pro-“eat the rich” at the same time as he was against asking them pointed questions. People just love to be holier than thou or contrarian or both I suppose. 🤷