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Roland Barthes’ ”The World of Wrestling”

Theory & Philosophy

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What Is Good vs Evil in Wrestling?

In wrestling is often a demonstration of justice, or a lack of justice. In france people would associate with just figures who stood in for and defended justice while admonishing those who broke the rules. And this generates a very effective, very real, embodied response by the audience. This attests to the fact that there is a strong attachment between the people watching and their conception of what is right and wrong, what is just. By seeing that be played with on stage, demonstrates a kind of mastery on the part of the actors, of the writers of these productions.

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