In this short film, director/screenwriter Max Landis swedes the rise of Triple H as an argument I’ve heard a lot recently and grown to respect: TV wrestling isn’t meant to be a sport, it’s meant to be a story, and beyond that there are loads of other secret stories swirling around us– a creativity drawn up in ads, celebrity gossip, demographics, political stumping and more. I never watched wrestling growing up, but Landis’ own telling of the legend and his cartoonish filmic sensibilities fit his bombastic subject well. (That said, I wish I could grow to respect Max Landis’ beer-crackin’ mannerisms and goofy in-your-face broposture.)
Tag: wrestling
King of the Ring 1993 qualifying matchups
there’s brilliant and then there’s brilliant and then there’s calling your wrestler “The Narcissist”
I forgot all about Doink, but it’s a testament to WWE’s marketing that I even know who he is at all considering I’ve never watched more than five minutes of a match in one sitting.
Hey, It’s 15 Years (And A Day) Since Mick Foley Got Thrown Off A Cage
In keeping with our inability to notice anniversaries until it’s too late, we’d like to point out that it was 15 years ago last night that Mankind and the Undertaker faced off in one of the most memorable and brutal wrestling matches of all time.
It’s been a couple of months since I first read this and wanted to post it: captures some of the sweaty soap opera pulp & danger in pro wrestling. I can kinda understand watching. But no. Never. I can safely say I will never do that in my life.
Hey, It’s 15 Years (And A Day) Since Mick Foley Got Thrown Off A Cage
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