Card Subject to Change

Last night I watched the documentary Card Subject to Change and despite some flaws it was pretty interesting. The movie looks at the world of independent wrestling, basically wrestling's minor leagues, filled with stars in decline and up-and-comers. If you saw the excellent movie The Wrestler you pretty much get the idea (there's even a bit featuring the insane guy from The Wrestler who staples money to himself!). 

Of course, I couldn't help but compare the world of independent wrestling to my own world of independent comics: people doing something they love, even though everyone else kind of thinks it's a joke. There's very little money in it (or at least not enough to justify the commitment it takes), and most of the participants are following an adolescent dream. Poor deluded fools!

It's very tempting to see wrestlers as steroid-addled meatheads but this movie does a pretty good job of humanizing them.