I didn t forget to write a column, I just wrote a different column. I am sure even the most uninitiated of marks does not believe that the wrestling, which the WWF presents to us, could ever be mistaken for reality.
Wrestling is strange.
It is neither entirely fictitious entertainment nor purely legitimate athletic contest, yet it straddles both ideas and as a result creates a unique hybrid of fiction and reality. As the recent terrorist attacks on America has demonstrated, Wrestling walks a fine line between fiction and reality. This is where the interesting grey area is because wrestling is not like any other form of television, reality of fictitious. No matter what form of entertainment you consider, the ultimate goal of the medium is to inspire some kind of connection between the viewer and the show. Whether it is a movie, TV, theatre, radio, or even music, without the connection that inspires the audience to care, the show will never succeed.