You don't understand wrestling, my friend. This movie isn't politicized in any way.
It's just that this entertainment sometimes uses historical facts (like the Gulf War, if you think of the rivalry between Hulk Hogan and Sergent Slaughter in the late 80s)in order to make the public feel more clearly and more strongly the matches, and the rivalry between the wrestlers.
Thus, this movie is not politicized. Maybe wrestling is politicized, but just to let the public identify himself with the fighters on the ring. It's not Aronofsky's fault.
You don't understand wrestling, my friend. This movie isn't politicized in any way.
It's just that this entertainment sometimes uses historical facts (like the Gulf War, if you think of the rivalry between Hulk Hogan and Sergent Slaughter in the late 80s)in order to make the public feel more clearly and more strongly the matches, and the rivalry between the wrestlers.
Thus, this movie is not politicized. Maybe wrestling is politicized, but just to let the public identify himself with the fighters on the ring. It's not Aronofsky's fault.