eeyore_grrl | LJ mini Idol Dreamwidth edition, Week 5, Kayfabe



				kayfabe, or the suspension of disbelief


sometimes,
		in order to actually have fun
	one needs to suspend disbelief
	one needs to watch without judging
	one needs to believe in kayfabe

sometimes,
		the storyline is beyond ridiculous
	and science doesn’t look like science
	and people have no idea how to have healthy relationships
	and we just want to get lost in something else for awhile

so, wrestling took hold 
	and we believed the storylines
	and we cheered the good guys 
	and we booed the bad

we watched an athletic show encased by four                equal sides of stretchy rope
	we watched actresses and actors perform choreographed fights
	we watched athletes tumble in such pre-planned madness that sometimes
	we watched 		perfection

but
		the important part is to know the difference
	the thing to remember is to come back to reality when the show is done
	the most important knowledge to be gained here is that
	the shows can be fun and seem so real

			but
			they
			are
			not
			factual

			they
			are
			not 
			real

they are merely stories we tell
		   shows we watch
		   fictions we suspend our disbelief for
		   kayfabe is real
			our fun may not be

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murielle

As always, powerful, beautifully written and performed.

Brava!

eeyore_grrl

Thank you!

thephantomq

It always amazes me, the things you come up with for these poems. :)

Me too, to be honest. Some of these topics... yeah... LOL.

tatdatcm

Well done, once again. This is kind of how I feel about movies. They’re an entertaining escape for a few hours.

Agreed. That's why I like a lot of the shows I watch.

halfshellvenus

the storyline is beyond ridiculous
and science doesn’t look like science
and people have no idea how to have healthy relationships
and we just want to get lost in something else for awhile
So true! Though those first two... if they're just too awful, the disbelief does not suspend. And then you wonder how that works for anyone else.

Nice work!

That's pretty much how I look at the American Political landscape right now...

But yeah, even some tv is too far from reality and set up poorly and impossible to get drawn into.