https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kayfabe

In professional wrestling, kayfabe /ˈkeɪfeɪb/ is the portrayal of staged events within the industry as "real" or "true", specifically the portrayal of competition, rivalries, and relationships between participants as being genuine and not of a staged or predetermined nature of any kind. Kayfabe has also evolved to become a code word of sorts for maintaining this "reality" within the direct or indirect presence of the general public.[1]

Kayfabe is often seen as the suspension of disbelief that is used to create the non-wrestling aspects of promotions, such as feuds, angles, and gimmicks, in a manner similar to other forms of fictional entertainment. In relative terms, a wrestler breaking kayfabe during a show would be likened to an actor breaking character on-camera. Also, since wrestling is performed in front of a live audience, whose interaction with the show is crucial to its success, kayfabe can be compared to the fourth wall in acting, since hardly any conventional fourth wall exists to begin with. In general, anything in a professional wrestling show is to some extent scripted, or "kayfabe", even though at times it is portrayed as legitimate.

Kayfabe was fiercely maintained for decades, but with the advent of the Internet wrestling community, and the sports entertainment movement, the pro wrestling industry has become less concerned with protecting so-called backstage secrets and typically maintains kayfabe only during the shows. Kayfabe is, however, occasionally broken during shows, usually when dealing with genuine injuries during a match or paying tribute to wrestlers.

mr_lebowski

(33,643 posts)

4. You're the only other person I've ever heard mention Kayfabe in my life ... good stuff ...

Reply to Tommy_Carcetti (Reply #2)

Wed Apr 11, 2018, 03:12 PM

Apr 2018

Makes for a perfect analogy.

Putin doesn't mind playing the Heel to Trumps Face.

GeorgeGist

(25,311 posts)

8. kinda kubuki

Reply to Tommy_Carcetti (Reply #2)

Wed Apr 11, 2018, 03:16 PM

Apr 2018

Turbineguy

(37,295 posts)

3. Trump's missiles

Reply to SummerSnow (Original post)

Wed Apr 11, 2018, 03:10 PM

Apr 2018

that get through will likely kill many civilians that were put in harm's way by Assad. We can assume that the Russians will have targeting info from the Trump administration.

We are not shooting missiles at cave dwellers or "nice people".

Renew Deal

(81,847 posts)

5. What happened to "we're not going to tell people what we're doing"?

Reply to SummerSnow (Original post)

Wed Apr 11, 2018, 03:13 PM

Apr 2018

peggysue2

(10,825 posts)

10. Exactly!!

Reply to Renew Deal (Reply #5)

Wed Apr 11, 2018, 03:26 PM

Apr 2018

In his most bombastic fashion, the Trumpster telegraphs an imminent strike, giving Putin's Navy time to remove their military assets from their Syrian port. Which they have done.

Coinky-dink? I think not. The Trumpster's play-acting is getting worse.

Maybe this is what he means that the Mueller investigation is messing up his game, the important stuff he has to do in foreign relations. As in making the huffing and puffing posture look real.