All The World’s A Stage: Are We Seeing Kayfabe Here?
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March 28, 2022 Posted in: Patriots
What Is Kayfabe? Are We Seeing Kayfabe In 2022?
What Is Kayfabe? Are We Seeing Kayfabe In 2022?
Shout out to Gordon Rose for reminding me of this concept and for explaining how it might be happening in more places than we think.
What is kayfabe?
According to Merriam-Webster.com
“In the 1980s, wrestlers began using the code word kayfabe in reference to the staged performance presented as authentic as well as to the act of maintaining the fiction by staying in character.”
Now you probably heard about Will Smith slapping Chris Rock at the Oscars…
Now take a look at the ratings drop over the last few years…