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I know this is a really well-known song, but I can't remember it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LGx6aAUBXXY&t=2340 Thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.111.193.116 ( talk) 01:09, 28 April 2018 (UTC)
Knowing virtually nothing of professional wrestling, I'm wondering: how precisely are matches choreographed? Are they more like a ballet, in which the dancers' precise actions are designed beforehand and the most faithful compliance with difficult directions is what distinguishes the best participants, or are they more like a stage play, in which the basic elements of the plot are designed beforehand and the best participants are those who implement the concepts in a believable fashion? I always assumed that it was like a ballet, but to my surprise I saw the following in Tag team: WWE employs this tactic in nearly every tag team match to the point that they fired a referee in 2008 after a botched finish that, while the match produced the intended finish, didn't feature a hot tag. Related issue: I see the picture File:Jeff-Hardy-Dropkick,-RLA-Melb-10.11.2007 filtered.jpg — assuming no mistakes by the participants, can we say that the match was pre-written so that the precise body movements here were intended? If the kicking wrestler's right arm were at his side (not in the air), or if the referee were kneeling with his right knee up, would we have to conclude that someone made a mistake or that it was written differently (ballet), or could we say that the participants were just interpreting their directions differently (stage play)? Nyttend ( talk) 11:47, 28 April 2018 (UTC)
or are they more like a stage play, in which the basic elements of the plot are designed beforehand and the best participants are those who implement the concepts in a believable fashion". I don't know if "participants" is really a well-recognised synonym for actors, but in the context I would agree that the participants of stage plays would generally be identified as actors, even amateur ones in a community theatre or school play. (I'm not even sure whether "participants in a stage play", which wasn't the phrasing used, could really be called a well-recognised synonym although the meaning is likely to be well understood/recognised.) And regardless of whether it was what Rmhermen intention, I actually agree that it is a relevant point, it does sound like Nyttend may be underestimating the level of direction actors in stage plays frequently receive. Nil Einne ( talk) 12:00, 4 May 2018 (UTC)
Hi! When I was a really little girl, like maybe early 80s around 83 or 84, there was this science fiction show on TV about some type of investigator who was looking into some kind of mystery at a research or habitation complex. All I remember is that one point the people were starting to have webbed fingers. There was also this scene in which he tried to get help from the local detective. The scene was that the man went into the office and said, "Where's the chief of detectives?" "You're looking at him"..."Where's the Chief of Police"..."You're looking at him". Does anyone know what show this was?? - KTcup82 ( talk) 23:17, 28 April 2018 (UTC)
"people were starting to have webbed fingers"
You mean Syndactyly, where "two or more digits are fused together"? Dimadick ( talk) 09:22, 1 May 2018 (UTC)
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I know this is a really well-known song, but I can't remember it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LGx6aAUBXXY&t=2340 Thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.111.193.116 ( talk) 01:09, 28 April 2018 (UTC)
Knowing virtually nothing of professional wrestling, I'm wondering: how precisely are matches choreographed? Are they more like a ballet, in which the dancers' precise actions are designed beforehand and the most faithful compliance with difficult directions is what distinguishes the best participants, or are they more like a stage play, in which the basic elements of the plot are designed beforehand and the best participants are those who implement the concepts in a believable fashion? I always assumed that it was like a ballet, but to my surprise I saw the following in Tag team: WWE employs this tactic in nearly every tag team match to the point that they fired a referee in 2008 after a botched finish that, while the match produced the intended finish, didn't feature a hot tag. Related issue: I see the picture File:Jeff-Hardy-Dropkick,-RLA-Melb-10.11.2007 filtered.jpg — assuming no mistakes by the participants, can we say that the match was pre-written so that the precise body movements here were intended? If the kicking wrestler's right arm were at his side (not in the air), or if the referee were kneeling with his right knee up, would we have to conclude that someone made a mistake or that it was written differently (ballet), or could we say that the participants were just interpreting their directions differently (stage play)? Nyttend ( talk) 11:47, 28 April 2018 (UTC)
or are they more like a stage play, in which the basic elements of the plot are designed beforehand and the best participants are those who implement the concepts in a believable fashion". I don't know if "participants" is really a well-recognised synonym for actors, but in the context I would agree that the participants of stage plays would generally be identified as actors, even amateur ones in a community theatre or school play. (I'm not even sure whether "participants in a stage play", which wasn't the phrasing used, could really be called a well-recognised synonym although the meaning is likely to be well understood/recognised.) And regardless of whether it was what Rmhermen intention, I actually agree that it is a relevant point, it does sound like Nyttend may be underestimating the level of direction actors in stage plays frequently receive. Nil Einne ( talk) 12:00, 4 May 2018 (UTC)
Hi! When I was a really little girl, like maybe early 80s around 83 or 84, there was this science fiction show on TV about some type of investigator who was looking into some kind of mystery at a research or habitation complex. All I remember is that one point the people were starting to have webbed fingers. There was also this scene in which he tried to get help from the local detective. The scene was that the man went into the office and said, "Where's the chief of detectives?" "You're looking at him"..."Where's the Chief of Police"..."You're looking at him". Does anyone know what show this was?? - KTcup82 ( talk) 23:17, 28 April 2018 (UTC)
"people were starting to have webbed fingers"
You mean Syndactyly, where "two or more digits are fused together"? Dimadick ( talk) 09:22, 1 May 2018 (UTC)