10 Things We Learned From WWE 24: Empowered
1. 'Philanthropy Is The Future Of Marketing'
Stephanie McMahon's never been allowed to forget a tweet she once sent out endorsing the toxic title of this final list item. In a setting such as this, the caustic capitalism in her blood bursts through the pores of her skin with every wrist-wring platitude.
It's not as though her employees/private contractors would dare say a bad word about her of course, but what was the rationale for members of the roster to trip over themselves complimenting her contributions when over a decade of evidence suggests the opposite? It's hard to believe even now that she still wouldn't chuck the whole thing under a bus in a single meeting if it threatened her cast-iron seat in a top Titan Tower.
McMahon seems defiant in her beliefs that people just can't separate her the person from her the TV persona, but she couldn't be more wrong on the assertion based on her p*ss-poor acting skills alone.
Fans are forever told that the best characters are those that reflect real lives turned up to 11. It must be why she remains so convincing as a manipulative evildoer on screen, and such a vapid vessel in these features.