Personally, I don't care for this kane stalking kelly kelly story. The theme of this story is something that the WWE does every once in a while: attractive female wrestler gets bullied or humiliated by some male wrestler over and over again until some other male wrestler finally rides in and protects her by saving the day.
This general story has been done to death, with various twists and changes and such, but overall it follows the same formula as outlined above. And I've never cared for it, for a few reasons, outlined below:
1. WWE tries to argue that the female wrestlers are empowering to women. Ok, sure. But then why are they reduced to a quivering crying humiliated individual when in the presence of a male? Why in these stories do the females never stand up to the guys and not put up with that crap?
2. It does not make for entertaining storytelling. Obviously men are bigger and stronger than women but seeing someone use their size and power to humiliate and terrify a female is just not entertaining, and it doesn't make sense to me. And again, all it really serves is a vehicle that in the end shows that men dominate women, and that women need to have some hero come to their rescue.
3. I understand that to some extent, any wrestling storyline has to be taken with a grain of salt and disbelief needs to be suspended. But there's only so far one can really just pretend that wrestlers live in a fantasy world. For example, with the kelly kelly/kane story we just saw. No one would put up with that. Can you imagine if in a corporate office you had some guy bullying and yelling at a female, and it was all caught on camera and millions saw it? First, it's highly doubtful that EVERYONE working there who saw it would have just sat idly by and not done a thing. And even so, the bully would be fired, and likely have criminal charges brought against him. In addition, the company would be sued for a lot of money because they knew it was happening and did nothing to stop or prevent her from being terrorized, and in fact exploited the situation by showing it on television for money. If WWE was the "real world", this is exactly what would have happened, and rightly so.
So I know in the end "it's all just a story", and I accept that. But for the reasons outlined above, to me, it's a bad story, that serves no real purpose that couldn't be accomplished in a better manner. All we end up with, as we do everytime the WWE recycles this type of story, is a meek female that gets bullied and needs some guy to ride to her rescue.
This general story has been done to death, with various twists and changes and such, but overall it follows the same formula as outlined above. And I've never cared for it, for a few reasons, outlined below:
1. WWE tries to argue that the female wrestlers are empowering to women. Ok, sure. But then why are they reduced to a quivering crying humiliated individual when in the presence of a male? Why in these stories do the females never stand up to the guys and not put up with that crap?
2. It does not make for entertaining storytelling. Obviously men are bigger and stronger than women but seeing someone use their size and power to humiliate and terrify a female is just not entertaining, and it doesn't make sense to me. And again, all it really serves is a vehicle that in the end shows that men dominate women, and that women need to have some hero come to their rescue.
3. I understand that to some extent, any wrestling storyline has to be taken with a grain of salt and disbelief needs to be suspended. But there's only so far one can really just pretend that wrestlers live in a fantasy world. For example, with the kelly kelly/kane story we just saw. No one would put up with that. Can you imagine if in a corporate office you had some guy bullying and yelling at a female, and it was all caught on camera and millions saw it? First, it's highly doubtful that EVERYONE working there who saw it would have just sat idly by and not done a thing. And even so, the bully would be fired, and likely have criminal charges brought against him. In addition, the company would be sued for a lot of money because they knew it was happening and did nothing to stop or prevent her from being terrorized, and in fact exploited the situation by showing it on television for money. If WWE was the "real world", this is exactly what would have happened, and rightly so.
So I know in the end "it's all just a story", and I accept that. But for the reasons outlined above, to me, it's a bad story, that serves no real purpose that couldn't be accomplished in a better manner. All we end up with, as we do everytime the WWE recycles this type of story, is a meek female that gets bullied and needs some guy to ride to her rescue.