>>19086620
>That happened over 30yrs ago
I know where you're coming from, and there is a case to be made there but I disagree. Social conditions certainly changed in a way that made the traditional practices of maintaining kayfabe impossible, but Vince saw to it that the wrestling business adapted to these changes and this led to greatest height of wrestling's popularity.
This can be a difficult subject to discuss given the nature of the topic. The term "kayfabe" began as a nonsensical code word invented by carnies to signal to their performers that fans/marks were around and so everyone needed to stay in character for the sake of the illusion. I understand that the days of separate locker rooms for heels and faces are long gone, and yet I can cite more examples than 4chan's character limit will allow of performers openly refusing to preserve some semblance of kayfabe before being surprised to find that fans have lost interest and aren't watching. Dirt sheets, shoot interviews, and shows like 'Unreal' are forms of entertainment that take interested fans "behind the curtain," and the relevance of each relies upon the health of the industry that plays out on the other side of that curtain. Performers ought not get too careless and go overboard in speaking about what they do as though it were make-believe. The millions of fans who willfully suspend their disbelief as they watch the shows shouldn't have performers like Chelsea Green talking down to them for doing just that.
