tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1848471753025049912.post1843588118649294668..comments2023-10-12T03:40:53.964-04:00Comments on These Gentlemen: No Holds BarredDavid Pratthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09741107987673246357noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1848471753025049912.post-69570481586058368322009-11-27T11:58:16.581-05:002009-11-27T11:58:16.581-05:00Given that wrestling franchises are extremely corr...Given that wrestling franchises are extremely corrupt and do not take care of their wrestlers, there is undeniably something about performing that attracts unstable personalities, sometimes in the extreme. Maybe that's another post a-brewin.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14292773360697246224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1848471753025049912.post-81798350013893977732009-01-22T00:10:00.000-05:002009-01-22T00:10:00.000-05:00I came across this blog by accident and just want ...I came across this blog by accident and just want to say what a beautifully-written, heartfelt, and informative work you have given. Thanx. <BR/><BR/>I feel that it is a shame that people are so quick to throw away all of a person's achievements when something ugly happens. There are many reasons people "go off" - mental illness, various developmental stages of disease, allergic reactions to medications and foods, even! Where is the non-judgmental practice that these same people are forcing down everyone's throats with their religions? Where is the forgiveness for "tresspasses"?<BR/><BR/>Bad things can happen to good people. That doesn't mean that the good they have done in their lives should be invalidated.<BR/><BR/>Again, a great blog.Mistress Didi*https://www.blogger.com/profile/14684727337717159912noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1848471753025049912.post-6226657577150574962009-01-09T01:06:00.001-05:002009-01-09T01:06:00.001-05:00I don't know. It's a deep question. I can't enjoy ...I don't know. It's a deep question. I can't enjoy The Naked Gun movies because of how much I hate OJ Simpson, and I really don't know how to process my emotions when it comes to Beniot's Wrestlemania title win over HHH and HBK. At the time, he and Eddie celebrating in the ring with their joint belts was one of my last few moments of pure joy as a wrestling fan. It was a very pleasant memory that is now... murky. I remember being happy at the time but now I'm not sure what I am or what's more important - they way I felt then or the way I feel now.<BR/><BR/>That perception of memory has really been running through my head a lot lately about a lot of things - like memories with my ex that were once incredibly happy and are now painful. Are they still happy memories? Or good times had with people you can't stand now, but enjoyed then. Does your current status invalidate the positive nature of the rememberance?<BR/><BR/>I'm at a total loss.<BR/><BR/>And back to the artist/art, that perception works a lot of other ways as well. Heath Ledger's portrayal of the Joker is a brilliant piece of acting no matter what, but how much more poignant is it because of the context surrounding it? It's really impossible to separate, for me at least.Jason Heathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15411144857939292461noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1848471753025049912.post-43966159488981813232009-01-09T01:06:00.000-05:002009-01-09T01:06:00.000-05:00You know what, maybe they should. Shit man, peopl...You know what, maybe they should. Shit man, people are running themselves into the ground. It just seems wrong.<BR/><BR/>On the other hand, of course, I'm not some kind of fascist. I respect the fact that I don't want my government telling me how to run my life, so it's not my place to tell them to run theirs. But hell, man. A little "business regulation" wouldn't hurt.Danielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05272633964011111103noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1848471753025049912.post-46324035113956381482009-01-09T01:02:00.000-05:002009-01-09T01:02:00.000-05:00Are you saying the government should shut down pro...Are you saying the government should shut down pro-wrestling unless they show evidence they have removed all drug usage?zzzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00919646014840957676noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1848471753025049912.post-32489543609847908962009-01-09T00:58:00.000-05:002009-01-09T00:58:00.000-05:00That's amazing-85 year old man. It seems as thoug...That's amazing-85 year old man. It seems as though everything that makes this business what it is is exactly why this business should cease to exist. <BR/><BR/>And that's so true about separating the performer from their work-I have so many people whose work I admire, but who I can't stand (or even worse, that I know can't stand me due to religion, race, etc). Where do you draw the line?Danielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05272633964011111103noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1848471753025049912.post-20922900383909623672009-01-09T00:54:00.000-05:002009-01-09T00:54:00.000-05:00- Steroids are definitely a MAJOR issue in wrestli...- Steroids are definitely a MAJOR issue in wrestling, and certainly no help to mental stabilility, but from everything I've read no 'roid rage would lead the these kind of pre-meditated and very ceremonial and ritualised killings. From what I've read, when they did the scans of Benoit's brain his brain resembled that of an 85 year old man due to concussion damage. That, on top of previously unknown mental issues, were more likely the cause of the murder - he had a previous charge of spousal abuse that no one really knew about, which just goes to show how little we know so many of our public 'heroes.'<BR/><BR/>- I remember where I was finding out he was dead too - in my ex's room after a pretty big fight and making up, then logging online and being hit by a ton of bricks. At first I thought it was a Phil Hartman-esque situation, and the week that followed was an unmitigated circus of tragedy that has in many ways killed my enjoyment of wrestling as well, even if I still read the websites.<BR/><BR/>- That match, Austin vs. Beniot on SmackDown was one of my absolute favorites - I brought it in to school and made my acting cass watch it to prove that a good wrestling match, without the shit and shananigans that embarass us so much, will force anyone to make an emotional investment no matter how unwilling the audience might be due to it's clear cut storyline and morality play. <BR/><BR/>But I don't enjoy any of his matches anymore.<BR/>The question of separating the performer from the work and whether that can ever really be done, and whether it should is a question that maybe deserves it's own post.Jason Heathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15411144857939292461noreply@blogger.com