Post by Rory on Jan 20, 2009 15:22:49 GMT -5
So I finally got to see the wrestler last night and it solidified my opinion that no one really knows us at all. I'm not saying that about the movie, which I thought was amazingly well done. I had worked with almost every guy in the locker room scenes too which was cool. But I'm talking about the audience I watched the movie with. As maybe 2 or 3 of you may know I was at one point on a live broadcast (sometimes for 3 years and have recently been released from my contract. My absolute worst fear when getting released was ending up in a retail position if the indys weren't kind to me. It terrified me to think of being that guy, trying to pay my bills like everyone else and becoming the butt of peoples jokes. Especially after seeing how cruel the media was when it was discovered Justin Credible was working a shoot job. BUT as I sat in the audience of the movie when Randy was starting his shoot job, and in his head his music was playing and he decided to pop himself while doing what he had to do to survive, the audience was laughing. They thought this was hilarious, where as I couldn't have felt worse for him. I honestly wanted to lose it and heel on them all. Then in his match with Necro they were doing the same thing. I don't get it man, I really don't. In a day and age of "Tolerence" and understanding. In a world wher America just voted in its first black President (Awesome!!!) People still view us as circus freaks. And to a point we are BUT this movie was trying to portray the human element of what we do and they did it very well. I just feel that I couldn't have been more distanced from the rest of the people in that theatre.
Now, maybe I took it too personally. But then I heard last night, that a guy in the movie and a guy I had worked with on a million shows, Paul E Normous, passed away. I had to think man. How many people who watched that movie would have felt bad for him? How many would have just said oh well? I don't know guys. The movie was so good and in depth that it really showed me a side of the business I had never been privy to. The ingnorance that people think surround us.
I hope Mickey gets an Oscar for playing The Ram. I'm sure everyone who's been around long enough have met a hundred of this character.
Now, maybe I took it too personally. But then I heard last night, that a guy in the movie and a guy I had worked with on a million shows, Paul E Normous, passed away. I had to think man. How many people who watched that movie would have felt bad for him? How many would have just said oh well? I don't know guys. The movie was so good and in depth that it really showed me a side of the business I had never been privy to. The ingnorance that people think surround us.
I hope Mickey gets an Oscar for playing The Ram. I'm sure everyone who's been around long enough have met a hundred of this character.