Lords of the wrestling ring

WHEN I BEGAN TO WRITE THIS column, my editors promised that I could write one piece about pro wrestling podcasts. [Recollections may differ — Ed.] Quiet, you. As I drift towards my mid-thirties, I’m too old to watch a lot of professional wrestling. I’m too old to watch a lot of TV in general — too old and yet too young. We have an odd relationship with television in our thirties, because we are sensitive to the passing of time yet we have not come to terms with it. Podcasts, though? If I’m listening to a podcast I can pretend to do something more productive as I do it — wander to the corner shop for the third time in the day, or move a cup between different random places,…

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The Critic (Digital) - 1 Issue, August/September 2024

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