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Never Cheer The Good Guy

Professional wrestling has been doing it for years. They build a strong heel (bad guy) up, and just when he looks unstoppable, a face (good guy) comes along to defeat him. The villain has been an important role in society since the dawn of mythology. People need to root against someone so their hero will win. But what happens when the person who is suppose to be the intended bad guy…is getting cheered? We all love the villain. Deep down in the bottom of our hearts we adore the bad guy. Think about it. When the Dark Knight first came out last summer, people weren’t talking about how sweet the Batman was. People were talking about how wickedly evil and chilling the Joker was. Heath Ledger (RIP) made us cheer for the maniacally insane killer. We crave for a good bad guy.

In every industry there is a bad guy. However, we have not seen one in the entertainment industry in awhile…until now. Kanye West has stepped up to the plate in a big way whether he intended for this to happen or not. Now some people may go to his shows just to boo him instead of hearing his music. There is no doubt that his musical ability is almost unparalleled by any other artist in his genre. He, however, may have figured out a new way to sell tickets. Now just as a side note, the villain is getting our cheers, but who is getting our boos? The good guy of course. Sometimes, the good guy becomes so great that the public goes “….uhhhh. No.” and they begin to reject what is advertised to us as the thing that stands for truth, justice, and the imminent fall of the villain. If there’s no villain, what fun is that? Below is a clip of WWE’s Monday Night Raw. The intended good guy is in jeans while the other is playing the villain in this match.