tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9902716.post5105814201437046471..comments2024-02-22T01:36:48.427-08:00Comments on On Theatre and Politics - Matthew Freeman: "The Wrestler" ResponseFreemanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01183078884824734105noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9902716.post-4460502473744347102008-12-29T13:19:00.000-08:002008-12-29T13:19:00.000-08:00Thought you would be interested in this... Wrestli...Thought you would be interested in this... Wrestling forums are reporting that McMahon had a private screening of the film and hated it. But you know how reliable those forums are...<BR/><BR/>http://www.lordsofpain.net/news/2008_/1230136596.phpAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9902716.post-49586816122092411302008-12-26T05:26:00.000-08:002008-12-26T05:26:00.000-08:00David/Stacy! I heard you were living in Japan. Gla...David/Stacy! I heard you were living in Japan. Glad to see you stopped by the blog. I think you'd get little argument from anyone that MMA is the future.<BR/><BR/>Great to hear from you. Send me an e-mail, and we'll catch up.Freemanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01183078884824734105noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9902716.post-13087993449359625882008-12-26T05:19:00.000-08:002008-12-26T05:19:00.000-08:00Matt,I read your post with much nostalgia and grea...Matt,<BR/><BR/>I read your post with much nostalgia and great interest. Met Bam Bam once at Narita airport in 1994 and have a pic to prove it. Living in Japan and while I still love wrestling, MMA is where it's at today, brother. Regardless of your opinion, your post is fantastic! <BR/><BR/>We have a lot to talk about, I hope you somehow get an update of this message and it's not left to the chance of your coming back to find it. After all, you must want revenge on the guy from your gifted class who repeatedly pinned and put you into submission holds as we messed up your living room on Gilbertsville Road?<BR/><BR/>Stacy, although that's not my name anymoreThe Original Gaijinmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15822264328792510431noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9902716.post-41612869884423118642008-12-23T11:36:00.000-08:002008-12-23T11:36:00.000-08:00Beyond the Mat, right ... I messed up and had his ...Beyond the Mat, right ... I messed up and had his last name as Pliskin, but yeah, that story was unforgettable ... I've seen the film twice and he knocks me out every time.Joshua Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08239067667651048280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9902716.post-87596446578917345762008-12-23T10:34:00.000-08:002008-12-23T10:34:00.000-08:00In terms of the acting -#1 - The film is an actor'...In terms of the acting -<BR/><BR/>#1 - The film is an actor's film. It's carried entirely by the performers, who seem to be commenting on themselves as well as their characters.<BR/><BR/>#2 - It's about a performer who finds performance, despite all its challenges, all the damage it can and does do to him, a safer place, a more hospitable place, than the "real" world. He is more himself when he's in front of a crowd than when he's trying to fit into a world that doesn't know what he's good for.<BR/><BR/>I think actors, above all else, can understand that.<BR/><BR/>Josh -<BR/><BR/>I did see it. Beyond the Mat. With Jake "The Snake" Roberts (who isn't dead, but is just terribly tragic.) A lot of the Wrestler is clearly inspired by it.Freemanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01183078884824734105noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9902716.post-47819439427053067752008-12-23T09:38:00.000-08:002008-12-23T09:38:00.000-08:00This is the one film I want to see, truly. I remem...This is the one film I want to see, truly. <BR/><BR/>I remember Hart being killed in the fall ... a real tragedy.<BR/><BR/>Growing up in Iowa, we had a local televised wrestling show and it's own stars based out of Des Moines, the most famous being Bulldog Bob Brown ... who's specialty move was the "bulldog slap". <BR/><BR/>Myself, I could never love it as you do ... too often, as a skinny, small for my age, kid, I was taken and abused by bigger kids using the moves they've seen on TV ... I had a piledriver given to me on a bus ... and it's a world of bullies, fake bullies though they are, but I can't love it because of that ... <BR/><BR/>but I understand why you do ... it is theatre in a pure way. <BR/><BR/>Did you see that documentary on them, one which charted the sad fall of Jake "the snake" Plisken?Joshua Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08239067667651048280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9902716.post-72380831175962064772008-12-23T09:33:00.000-08:002008-12-23T09:33:00.000-08:00I went to see this last night and enjoyed it, thou...I went to see this last night and enjoyed it, though it depressed the shit out of me (I loved the way PA & NJ become a character in their own right). I'd be interested in hearing you expand on your last comment re: acting.jengordonthomashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13107421152247605616noreply@blogger.com