Values Dissonance/Professional Wrestling: Difference between revisions

* 'Badass' characters in wrestling are often seen drinking beer as part of their gimmick ([[Stone Cold Steve Austin]], the APA, and The Sandman spring to mind). This is because in the US drinking is supposed to be an 'adult' thing and the young audience will assume this indicates the character is rebellious. However, said wrestler is usually drinking Budweiser, which to people in the UK is considered quite a weak beer and would have very little effect on one's personality. This would certainly not be enough to turn you into the fighting machine gimmick writers would have you believe it does. Coupled with the fact that many people in the UK (and Europe) start drinking at home when they are around 13 or 14, the overall effect is of the character trying too hard to be cool.

** This gimmick might not work anymore in the US either, since a character well known for ''never'' drinking alcohol is [[CM Punk]], and he is ''incredibly'' cool.

* [[Vince McMahon]] is a fairly hardcore conservative, and whenever a feud even touches politics, he books the conservative as the face (with exceptions of a few dickish rich guys to inspire hatred from the blue-collar part of the audience (which includes [[Vince McMahon]] himself), and Right To Censor, which was more a commentary on anti-violence groups that have both liberal and conservative leanings). Problem is, his target audience skews fairly liberal (being primarily middle-class Americans ages 15 to 25), which makes things put things like [http://www.wrestlecrap.com/classic40.html this] immediately into the wall banger pile.

** So, [[Comically Missing the Point|if you're hawkish on foreign policy]], [[Space Whale Aesop|two Samoans in hip-hop gear will show up out of nowhere and pummel you]]?