{"id":28662,"date":"2017-08-31T15:00:55","date_gmt":"2017-08-31T20:00:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/prowrestling.net\/site\/?p=28662"},"modified":"2017-08-31T13:48:02","modified_gmt":"2017-08-31T18:48:02","slug":"wills-new-thing-roman-reigns-john-cena-perform-awkward-brechtian-theatre-cant-stop-listening-kesha-reader-mail-shane-mcmahon-gif","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prowrestling.net\/site\/2017\/08\/31\/wills-new-thing-roman-reigns-john-cena-perform-awkward-brechtian-theatre-cant-stop-listening-kesha-reader-mail-shane-mcmahon-gif\/","title":{"rendered":"Will\u2019s New Thing &#8211; Roman Reigns and John Cena perform awkward Brechtian theatre, I can\u2019t stop listening to Kesha, reader mail, and a Shane McMahon gif"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"prowr-670994026\" class=\"prowr-apple-podcast-button-link prowr-entity-placement\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/pro-wrestling-boom-podcast\/id1365989370\" aria-label=\"SUBSCRIBE IN APPLE PODCASTS\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/prowrestling.net\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/advanced_ads\/2019\/07\/Logo2019_ApplePodcasts_320wide.png?fit=320%2C78&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"SUBSCRIBE IN APPLE PODCASTS\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/prowrestling.net\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/advanced_ads\/2019\/07\/Logo2019_ApplePodcasts_320wide.png?w=320&ssl=1 320w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/prowrestling.net\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/advanced_ads\/2019\/07\/Logo2019_ApplePodcasts_320wide.png?resize=300%2C73&ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" width=\"320\" height=\"78\"   \/><\/a><\/div><p><b>By Will Pruett<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Verfremdungseffekt. That\u2019s right, I\u2019m breaking out the obnoxious German terms today. What is Verfremdungseffekt? I\u2019m glad you asked. Well, I\u2019m glad you\u2019re still reading at least. To answer I have to tell you about Bertold Brecht (German playwright and director, 1898-1956), who pioneered a style of theatre John Cena and Roman Reigns attempted to practice on Raw with limited success. Let\u2019s talk Brecht and Verfremdungseffekt first, then wrestling.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Brecht wanted theatre to be more than just a one way conversation. He wanted to draw the audience into the discussion and make theatre an avenue for social and political commentary (theatre, has always been an avenue for political and social commentary, by the way). He wanted to bring more thinking and less feeling to the theatre (although Brechtian theatre done well does allow for both), causing the audience to look inside themselves and at the world around them.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Brecht did this by reminding the audience early and often that what they were watching was a scripted play. He never wanted the audience to forget where they were (in a theater). While most directors and artists would love for an audience member to disappear into the world, Brecht never wanted spectators to become completely immersed. He eschewed empathy for rational thought.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This brings us to Verfremdungseffekt, or the estrangement effect. The goal is to create distance between the characters and the audience. With this distance, the audience doesn\u2019t invest emotionally and rational thought about the play can happen. The desired outcome of Verfremdungseffekt is for the audience to stop suspending disbelief. It goes against what theatre was up to this point (okay, some theatre was doing this for a long time before, but there is nothing new under the sun).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">John Cena and Roman Reigns (I told you I\u2019d talk about wrestling eventually) tried their hands at Verfremdungseffekt on monday night. As a viewer, their exchange forced me to leave the moment of two superheroes colliding (or, well, discussing their upcoming collision) and think about wrestling as a pre-planned scripted entertainment medium.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">By discussing the role of the top protagonist in WWE John Cena filled for years, then passed to Roman Reigns, WWE asked us to consider it as something given and not earned. They told us it wasn\u2019t Cena\u2019s \u201cHustle, Loyalty, and Respect\u201d that brought him to the top, but a writer making a decision.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I would assume, when the writers in WWE penciled John Cena vs. Roman Reigns onto the No Mercy card, they expected excitement. Why wouldn\u2019t they? It\u2019s the two biggest stars of WWE\u2019s last decade facing off for the first time ever. Reigns vs. Cena is huge. It is a major match. It is two WrestleMania main event stars having a match people would expect to see in a WrestleMania main event. I can\u2019t overstate how big Cena vs. Reigns is.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So why, as WWE is giving us the biggest match they might be able to provide in this decade, are they asking fans to step back and consider the scripted nature of professional wrestling? Why, when Cena vs. Reigns is the biggest possible match WWE could make, are fans being asked to alienate themselves and not emotionally attach to the story? Why, when WWE creates the biggest thing it could create, are they tearing it down at the same time?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">John Cena and Roman Reigns are unwitting actors in a play that isn\u2019t supposed to be Brechtian, but somehow is. Instead of building a logical and exciting feud within the world WWE has created, they\u2019re attempting to go outside. Why?<\/span><\/p><div id=\"prowr-1750553598\" class=\"prowr-content-4 prowr-entity-placement\"><!-- Tag ID: prowrestling_incontent_2 -->\r\n<div align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280 __336x280\" id=\"prowrestling_incontent_2\">\r\n  <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n    freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: \"prowrestling_incontent_2\", slotId: \"prowrestling_incontent_2\" });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">No one who knows Cena and Reigns are using insider terms and discussing performance as measurable by more than wins and losses believes they will really fight each other. While the insults are certainly more interesting to those who follow the ins and outs of the wrestling business, they are not more compelling. At the same time, this distancing of Cena and Reigns as \u201cmore real\u201d makes everything else, including the other insanely huge match on the show Lesnar vs. Strowman, seem less real. By breaking down barriers in one portion of the show, WWE is breaking them down across the entire show.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I doubt WWE is distancing its viewers to try and motivate political action like Brecht often was. While the <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Smackdown Your Vote<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> campaign was ineffective and awkward at best, I don\u2019t believe WWE is going with the high art approach to voter registration.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This unintentional distance can only hurt WWE, who would love for you to be as emotionally invested as possible in John Cena and Roman Reigns. They aren\u2019t purposefully channeling Bertold Brecht and Verfremdungseffekt, but they have unintentionally wandered into an area where research, study, and theory exists as to why what they\u2019re doing will have the opposite of their desired effect. WWE wants John Cena and Roman Reigns to feel epic, but in going about it this way, they\u2019re taking away the audience\u2019s ability to feel anything about it.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/media.giphy.com\/media\/xT9IgMbfrB27vQMRHy\/giphy.gif?ssl=1\" \/><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><b>Last week\u2019s essential viewing:<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What matches do you need to see from the last week of wrestles?<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><b>The Mae Young Classic <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8211; Just watch it all. Go on. I\u2019ll wait. I hope it was an entertaining four hours. WWE does masterful work with these tournaments. They are presented as important. They are amazingly diverse. They are delightful and easy to watch, never insulting a viewer\u2019s intelligence. All of the special tournaments have been great and seeing the over 50% of the population WWE chronically under-represents comprise an entire tournament is freaking amazing. Skip Raw. Skip Smackdown. Skip NXT. Skip GFW (forever). Skip ROH. Watch the MYC.<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><b>What I absolutely positively love in wrestling this week:<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>The US Championship Open Challenge<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &#8211; What started as John Cena\u2019s weekly attempt to have a great match with a random opponent has become the identity of a silly undercard title. The US Championship wasn\u2019t taken seriously in its various incarnations across promotions from 1997-2015. Cena resurrected the title and gave whoever holds it something unique and fun to go back to. Hopefully we see more of these open challenges on Smackdown every week.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you enjoy getting a little bit of what I love in wresting each week, check out <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCfMU6sUZAYG8YeYzoOgEQrQ\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">my new YouTube series called \u201cWhat I Love About Professional Wrestling!\u201d<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><b>What I absolutely positively love in the world this week:<\/b><\/span><\/p><div id=\"prowr-3158320782\" class=\"prowr-content-5 prowr-entity-placement\"><!-- Tag ID: prowrestling_incontent_3 -->\r\n<div align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280 __336x280\" id=\"prowrestling_incontent_3\">\r\n  <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n    freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: \"prowrestling_incontent_3\", slotId: \"prowrestling_incontent_3\" });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p><b><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft \" src=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/en\/f\/f8\/Kesha_-_Rainbow_%28Official_Album_Cover%29.png\" width=\"127\" height=\"127\" \/>Rainbow by Kesha<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &#8211; Sometimes I would just highlight a song or two here, but it would do a disservice to the work of art this whole album is. Kesha\u2019s first album in years is completely true to herself and emotionally tells the story of being a survivor of abuse from her former producer. She is stronger for it. The art she\u2019s made coming out of it is inspiring and deep. The first single released, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=v-Dur3uXXCQ\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cPraying\u201d<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> hits an emotional crescendo that will wreck you. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=BttTkcU4a1c\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cHymn\u201d<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> will make you want to scream along. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=lXyA4MXKIKo\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWoman\u201d<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is a catchy declaration of strength. Kesha rules, people. I can\u2019t stop listening to this entire album.<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><b>Reader mail:<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Got something to say\/react to in today\u2019s piece? Write to me at <\/span><a href=\"mailto:itswilltime@gmail.com\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">itswilltime@gmail.com<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> or on <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/wilpruett\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Twitter @wilpruett<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Just let me know whether you\u2019d like your name attached to your statement or not. Alternately, there\u2019s a comment section just below this article, so comment away!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Becky said:<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201c<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You need to work in the medical field. Your articles can cure insomnia better than anything they ever have. Congrats.\u201d<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Well, Becky, I like to think I\u2019m making a difference one Shane McMahon gif at a time. I\u2019m glad you found a way to get to sleep! I tend to use episodes of WCW Nitro from 2000 to help me turn off my brain, but I\u2019ll try my blog instead!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Someone I think is named Hank said:<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201c<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Wrestling is a reflection of reality. Figure out how to stop the cynicism in things that matter like politics and society, maybe things that don\u2019t matter like wrestling will follow suit.\u201d<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hank, are you the person who brings up starving children at nice dinner parties? I\u2019m sorry I didn\u2019t write about cynicism in politics. I can only do so much here on a professional wrestling website and some (but not my editor) would say I push that boundary at times.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I\u2019ll be honest, y\u2019all could up your comment game.<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><b>SSMGOTW (Superfluous Shane McMahon Gif of the Week):<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/media.giphy.com\/media\/14eTJeIlbxiRs4\/giphy.gif?ssl=1\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I assume this is Shane\u2019s reaction every week as he watches Smackdown\u2019s head writer get into arguments on Twitter instead of writing a quality show.<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><b>We\u2019re Done Here:<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We all made it through another week of wrestling! Get out there and watch some Mae Young Classic, enjoy what you want to enjoy in life, listen to Kesha, and have some fun this week. Wrestling is awesome and for everyone!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/media.giphy.com\/media\/Is1O1TWV0LEJi\/giphy.gif?ssl=1\" \/><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Will Pruett writes about wrestling and popular culture at prowrestling.net. Of interest to him are diversity in wrestling and wrestling as a theatrical art form. To see his video series \u201cWhat I Love About Professional Wrestling\u201d <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCfMU6sUZAYG8YeYzoOgEQrQ\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">subscribe to his YouTube channel<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. To contact, check him out on <\/span><\/i><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/wilpruett\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Twitter @wilpruett<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, leave a comment,\u00a0or email him at <\/span><\/i><a href=\"mailto:itswilltime@gmail.com\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">itswilltime@gmail.com<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<div id=\"prowr-2636649158\" class=\"prowr-after-content prowr-entity-placement\"><a class=\"spreaker-player\" href=\"https:\/\/www.spreaker.com\/show\/pwboom\" data-resource=\"show_id=3275525\" data-theme=\"light\" data-playlist=\"show\" data-width=\"100%\" data-height=\"340px\">Listen to \"Pro Wrestling Boom Podcast\" on Spreaker.<\/a><script async src=\"https:\/\/widget.spreaker.com\/widgets.js\"><\/script><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Will Pruett Verfremdungseffekt. 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