We Are All Pro Wrestlers with Entertainment Journalist BJ Colangelo
01/08/24 • 73 min
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Pop culture correspondent and major Pro Wrestling fan BJ Colangelo and I discuss the quirky history of this manly soap opera, its changing landscape in terms of gender and sexuality, as well as the complicated psychology of kayfabe, in which staged performances are presented as genuine.
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Hosted Chelsey Weber-Smith
Produced and Edited by Miranda Zickler
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Pop culture correspondent and major Pro Wrestling fan BJ Colangelo and I discuss the quirky history of this manly soap opera, its changing landscape in terms of gender and sexuality, as well as the complicated psychology of kayfabe, in which staged performances are presented as genuine.
Read BJ's Review of The Iron Claw
Check out her podcast This Ends at Prom
Check out our new merch line Folk Devils United
Become a Patron to support our show and get early ad-free episodes and bonus content
Or subscribe to American Hysteria on Apple Podcasts
Leave us a message on our Urban Legends Hotline
Hosted Chelsey Weber-Smith
Produced and Edited by Miranda Zickler
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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