I feel like I’m finally at the point where when I see images like this, I do not think that it’s “cool,” as I did 15 years ago.  Obviously I am a bit “brainwashed” by the WWE style and banishing of intentional bleeding, but I’ve forgotten what the point is in blading altogether.  It seems no-win to me: 1) Your company upholds the idea of “legitimate” fighting… so what’s legitimate about taking a knife to your forehead, that you hide from the audience, halfway through a match to simulate an injury? 2) You acknowledge that wrestling is fake but that the art of the staged fight is still important and central to the story and theatrical element that is professional wrestling.  How often can blading be justified as necessary to tell a story?  As a musician and artist, I understand that art is art, but it has to justify itself.  The more I see blood these days, the more I question how well it can be justified as an artistic statement.

I feel like I’m finally at the point where when I see images like this, I do not think that it’s “cool,” as I did 15 years ago.  Obviously I am a bit “brainwashed” by the WWE style and banishing of intentional bleeding, but I’ve forgotten what the point is in blading altogether.  It seems no-win to me:

1) Your company upholds the idea of “legitimate” fighting… so what’s legitimate about taking a knife to your forehead, that you hide from the audience, halfway through a match to simulate an injury?

2) You acknowledge that wrestling is fake but that the art of the staged fight is still important and central to the story and theatrical element that is professional wrestling.  How often can blading be justified as necessary to tell a story?  As a musician and artist, I understand that art is art, but it has to justify itself.  The more I see blood these days, the more I question how well it can be justified as an artistic statement.

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Posted at 10:55 PM (1 year ago) | Permalink