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The Wrestler - A Review

The Academy Awards are right around the corner and rounding out the Best Actor category is Mickey Rourke, star of The Wrestler. Rourke captured both the Critics Choice Award and Golden Globe Award for the same role. Will it happen a third time? The Wrestler tells an important story. Deep down, regardless of what we do, or our status in life, we are all people - people with desires, dreams, families, and fears. Darren Aronofsky's depiction of the world of wrestling is right on. It's not all show and theatrics. There's pain, there's politics, there's clashing egos, all for the love of a sport that doesn't even get recognized as a real sport. The days of the wrestling side show and the secrest of the trade being under lock and key are long since gone. Now referred to as Sports Entertainment, wrestling embraces who it is. These days it's all about showmanship more so than skill. The Wrestler portrays that aspect very well. It's the little intrinsic details that make The Wrestler such a real and gritty look inise the world of wrestling. Rourke's character Randy "The Ram" Robinson (looking like a version of Freebird Michael PS Hayes) refers to himself as "a broken down piece of meat." The ring wars have caught up with him. He doesn't hear so well anymore, he doesn't walk so well anymore, the 80's were his glory days and they are well behind him. The fame is fleeting, the high paycheck gone, but he still hangs on to all of it for the love of what he does. Randy still wants to be "Ram." He still wants to portray that image and who that character was to him for all those years. Is it dedication or a question of knowing when to walk away? On the other side there is Marisa Tomei's portrayal of Cassidy, the stripper who seems to have overstayed her welcome in a world of younger, bustier girls. But Cassidy's reason for staying on the dance floor has little to do with love of her character, her bottom line is survival. Somehow these two individuals meet each other's needs. Then there is Ram's estranged daughter, Stephanie, played expertly by Evan Rachel Wood. Ram's life on the road has ostricized him from his only daughter and as he feels himself winding down he desperately wants to reconnect. what I found genuinely interesting about The Wrestler was that Aronofsky didn't try to wrap everything up in a neat little package. The Wrestler remained gritty and real and in that aspect I found myself able to relate more to these people. That's a movie going experience that has been lost on big budget features that throw special effects down your throat. It's the characters that really move you. My novel Theater of Pain is set in the same rough and tumble world of wrestling. The characters come alive through trials and tribulations brought upon them by their chosen paths to be wrestling personalities. The 2nd generation star; the aging veteran trying to keep his top spot; and the female wrestling superstar chastised for her gender. It is in the backdrop of this eccentric world that a murder has taken place, a murder of wrestling top star that anyone could've been guilty of committing. If you liked The Wrestler, you'll love Theater of Pain.

The Wrestler - A Review

The Academy Awards are right around the corner and rounding out the Best Actor category is Mickey Rourke, star of The Wrestler. Rourke captured both the Critics Choice Award and Golden Globe Award for the same role. Will it happen a third time? The Wrestler tells an important story. Deep down, regardless of what we do, or our status in life, we are all people - people with desires, dreams, families, and fears. Darren Aronofsky's depiction of the world of wrestling is right on. It's not all show and theatrics. There's pain, there's politics, there's clashing egos, all for the love of a sport that doesn't even get recognized as a real sport. The days of the wrestling side show and the secrest of the trade being under lock and key are long since gone. Now referred to as Sports Entertainment, wrestling embraces who it is. These days it's all about showmanship more so than skill. The Wrestler portrays that aspect very well. It's the little intrinsic details that make The Wrestler such a real and gritty look inise the world of wrestling. Rourke's character Randy "The Ram" Robinson (looking like a version of Freebird Michael PS Hayes) refers to himself as "a broken down piece of meat." The ring wars have caught up with him. He doesn't hear so well anymore, he doesn't walk so well anymore, the 80's were his glory days and they are well behind him. The fame is fleeting, the high paycheck gone, but he still hangs on to all of it for the love of what he does. Randy still wants to be "Ram." He still wants to portray that image and who that character was to him for all those years. Is it dedication or a question of knowing when to walk away? On the other side there is Marisa Tomei's portrayal of Cassidy, the stripper who seems to have overstayed her welcome in a world of younger, bustier girls. But Cassidy's reason for staying on the dance floor has little to do with love of her character, her bottom line is survival. Somehow these two individuals meet each other's needs. Then there is Ram's estranged daughter, Stephanie, played expertly by Evan Rachel Wood. Ram's life on the road has ostricized him from his only daughter and as he feels himself winding down he desperately wants to reconnect. what I found genuinely interesting about The Wrestler was that Aronofsky didn't try to wrap everything up in a neat little package. The Wrestler remained gritty and real and in that aspect I found myself able to relate more to these people. That's a movie going experience that has been lost on big budget features that throw special effects down your throat. It's the characters that really move you. My novel Theater of Pain is set in the same rough and tumble world of wrestling. The characters come alive through trials and tribulations brought upon them by their chosen paths to be wrestling personalities. The 2nd generation star; the aging veteran trying to keep his top spot; and the female wrestling superstar chastised for her gender. It is in the backdrop of this eccentric world that a murder has taken place, a murder of wrestling top star that anyone could've been guilty of committing. If you liked The Wrestler, you'll love Theater of Pain.

So does Rourke deserve the Academy Award? Only time will tell, but one thing is for sure...he didn't make it easy for them.
And now with the critical acclaim restoking his career Rourke will actually be heading to a real wrestling ring when he participates at WWE’s “Wrestlemania 25” in Houston on April 5. Smart move? Who knows...stranger things have happened.

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