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Jane Coaston

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
844 total appearances

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The Bulwark Podcast
Jane Coaston: The Epstein Revelations Keep Getting Worse

Exactly.

The Bulwark Podcast
Jane Coaston: The Epstein Revelations Keep Getting Worse

Yeah, no, it is noteworthy.

The Bulwark Podcast
Jane Coaston: The Epstein Revelations Keep Getting Worse

But I also think like the politics of wrestling are actually very equivalent to kind of, you know, when people talk about like kind of the bro podcasters, they can tell who the underdog is and they can tell who's being an asshole.

The Bulwark Podcast
Jane Coaston: The Epstein Revelations Keep Getting Worse

They will only root for the asshole in a wrestling sense, but they kind of they understand what power looks like and the misuse of power and they do not like it.

The Bulwark Podcast
Jane Coaston: The Epstein Revelations Keep Getting Worse

Wrestling is great because it's both a sport and theater.

The Bulwark Podcast
Jane Coaston: The Epstein Revelations Keep Getting Worse

It's very, very hard.

The Bulwark Podcast
Jane Coaston: The Epstein Revelations Keep Getting Worse

And also you're acting through the entire thing.

The Bulwark Podcast
Jane Coaston: The Epstein Revelations Keep Getting Worse

But there are so many tropes that are so easy to understand.

The Bulwark Podcast
Jane Coaston: The Epstein Revelations Keep Getting Worse

And one of the easiest tropes in wrestling is rich asshole guy.

The Bulwark Podcast
Jane Coaston: The Epstein Revelations Keep Getting Worse

Rich asshole guy who's a heel.

The Bulwark Podcast
Jane Coaston: The Epstein Revelations Keep Getting Worse

Everybody gets that.

The Bulwark Podcast
Jane Coaston: The Epstein Revelations Keep Getting Worse

And then the face is nice underdog guy you're rooting for.

The Bulwark Podcast
Jane Coaston: The Epstein Revelations Keep Getting Worse

People get that.

The Bulwark Podcast
Jane Coaston: The Epstein Revelations Keep Getting Worse

Now, yes, sometimes people root for the rich asshole, which is why Trump is in the WWE Hall of Fame.

The Bulwark Podcast
Jane Coaston: The Epstein Revelations Keep Getting Worse

But people wanted to see Vince McMahon get his head shaved.

The Bulwark Podcast
Jane Coaston: The Epstein Revelations Keep Getting Worse

People wanted to see Vince McMahon get hit with a chair at

The Bulwark Podcast
Jane Coaston: The Epstein Revelations Keep Getting Worse

There's a real theme here of people wanting to see Vince McMahon get hurt in various ways because he's a terrible person who's kind of responsible for multiple deaths.

The Bulwark Podcast
Jane Coaston: The Epstein Revelations Keep Getting Worse

But that's a different story altogether.

The Bulwark Podcast
Jane Coaston: The Epstein Revelations Keep Getting Worse

That is the American populism, not the like Steve Bannon anti-elite bullshit in which he's trying to take over Europe with the help of Jeffrey Epstein.

The Bulwark Podcast
Jane Coaston: The Epstein Revelations Keep Getting Worse

But it kind of like we don't like rich assholes.