Chicago Reader: This cultural moment feels medieval. Maybe it’s something about the collapsing of traditional social models, the rise of authoritarian hierarchies, or the spreading of once preventable diseases and viruses that can kill large swathes of people.
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I did some research on this and apparently there are huge problems of corruption, conflict, drama, and even embezzlement within the T-boy wrestling community. Also, this is a crazy article about entertainment trends. Most of the things listed in this article are in heavy relation to the LGBTQ+ community, which makes it not just an entertainment trend, but a reaction and phenomenon occurring in a marginalized community throughout times of stress. Entertainment trends are really reacting to how horrible the world is getting–it reminds me of recession music, in a way. That being said I feel like one of these things would be super interesting to go to. It’s almost like stripping professional wrestling and MMA of its roots, and bringing it back to what it started as–simple entertainment between close cohorts in otherwise difficult times. It provides almost a ludicrous escape from our slow fall into fascism.
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