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Possibly the best entertainment for men on television today is World Championship Wrestling (WCW). Though many people see this "sport" as childish and violent there are many factors that allow WCW to provide millions of men exactly what they are looking for when they turn on the television--entertainment. With the use of over-exaggerated realism and candid plots, WCW has become on of the best-rated television shows in the nation. Boasting better ratings than primetime ESPN and MTV, WCW has lasted nineteen years on television and the best is yet to come. In the social culture of today, we, as American society, have become more reliant on television programs as a way to escape the everyday stresses and pressures that our culture bestows upon us. Television programs are in effect an alternate life that we can go to and participate in. What better pseudo-world to live in than a place that is so simplified that you ar
WCW is to men what soap operas are to women. Used as candid small talk and water fountain gossip WCW is becoming the gossip of the man's world. Just as women can identify with characters heart ache and struggles, men can identify with being held back by "the powers that be" and good guys not always winning as WCW portrays in its plots. WCW gives life a humorous and glorified outlook making the winner the Champion of the World adorned with a golden belt. Men from every occupation and cultural group have dreamed of being the "champion" and walking into work with a "gold belt" of sorts. Every viewer, no matter who they are, can relate to the struggle for power that WCW illustrates. Nielsen Media Research: Cable Television Ratings. Mar 19-25, 2000. World Championship Wrestling: Monday Nitro. Prod TNT.2000 Though these plots are simple and humorous the fact remains that they are seemingly violent. Unconventional and simple they might be,
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