• Login
    View Item 
    •   DORA Home
    • Faculty of Art, Design and Humanities
    • School of Arts
    • View Item
    •   DORA Home
    • Faculty of Art, Design and Humanities
    • School of Arts
    • View Item
    JavaScript is disabled for your browser. Some features of this site may not work without it.

    The democratic stage? The relationship between the actor and the audience in professional wrestling

    Thumbnail
    View/Open
    rrca-525-4-the-democratic-stage-the-relationship-between-the-actor-and-the-audience-in-professional-wrestling.pdf (142.4Kb)
    Date
    2014
    Author
    Warden, Claire
    Metadata
    Show attachments and full item record
    Abstract
    Using two major examples (2002 Wrestlemania XVII main event between The Rock and Hulk Hogan, and the 2004 Wrestlemania XX match up of Brock Lesnar and Bill Goldberg) this paper will argue that the wrestling arena is one of the most democratic and, indeed, potentially subversive forms of popular theatre. Both these events were directly and immediately influenced by their audiences, the performance narrative changing as the audience members interacted with the matches. Indeed, despite the obvious commodification of professional wrestling and its interpellation into capitalist economic systems, it presents an arena of exciting actor-audience interaction rarely seen on the theatrical stage. Concluding with a brief examination of the growth in theatrical-style starred rating from fans such as Dave Meltzer and Wade Keller, this paper will suggest that professional wrestling remains one of the most exciting twenty-first century examples of performance-based democracy.
    Description
    Citation : Warden, C. (2014) The democratic stage? The relationship between the actor and the audience in professional wrestling. Revue de recherche en civilisation américaine, 4, 2013
    URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/2086/11560
    ISSN : 2101-048X
    Research Group : Performance Research Group
    Peer Reviewed : Yes
    Collections
    • School of Arts [775]

    Submission Guide | Reporting Guide | Reporting Tool | DMU Open Access Libguide | Take Down Policy | Connect with DORA
    DMU LIbrary
     

     

    Browse

    All of DORACommunities & CollectionsAuthorsTitlesSubjects/KeywordsResearch InstituteBy Publication DateBy Submission DateThis CollectionAuthorsTitlesSubjects/KeywordsResearch InstituteBy Publication DateBy Submission Date

    My Account

    Login

    Submission Guide | Reporting Guide | Reporting Tool | DMU Open Access Libguide | Take Down Policy | Connect with DORA
    DMU LIbrary