Titan Takedown brings chocolate of D&D for peanut butter of professional wrestling
People do not understand how D&D and wrestling are close, Brennan Lee Mulligan said. And he is talking from a knowledge that is knowledgeable, opened Size 20: Titan Takedown into the world this week.
During the four new episodes of the reality playing program, Mulligan organized four superstars WWE-Xavier Woods, Kofi Kingston, Bayley and Chelsea Green-in a game placed in a debate about Greek mythology. And despite the shortness, the season has become a playground to love wrestling Size 20 Veterans, who are welcomed into a set of skits and bites to celebrate their own fandom.
The similarity between professional wrestling and Dungeons & Dragons is easy to find, and when Polygon talks with Mulligan through video calls last week, we started with obvious. Did he feel like his whole career went down this: Playing every heel?
Master Master Dungeon should only be called global, Mr. Mull Mulligan said. It is the heel of all heels; You play every heel, and your role is big and gloomy and then lost, and that is what people want to see. It was a joy. I flew in there with all the love and enthusiasm that I could gather.
To know more about Brennan’s thoughts Titan TakedownKayfabe around us and unexpected advantages when there are new players in your actual game, read on.
Polygon: Are you an wrestling fan from the way back or is it what you were introduced later in life or for the show?
Brennan Lee Mulligan: Later in life; I have had the joy and honor – I wish that everyone in the world could be lucky to be friends with the magnificent Danielle Radford. [comedian and co-host of the Tights and Fights podcast]. Danielle is an wrestling and comedy Super Maven.
I have always been a fan of wrestling, because many people are the continued fans of D&D, where they like, Oh, that’s fun, but no one invited me to participate in particular. I don’t have a road. I am not at the house of a friend where they are watching it, my parents don’t see it. So this is great, but I am not dragged in.
Working in comedy, yes Therefore Many comedians are big wrestling fans. And Danielle took my hand – especially increased when this season was approaching – and went like that, These are historical matches, this is a legend, this is the special language, this is the encyclopedia. She created this beautiful document for the season, went through and said, these are the matches you need to watch to understand these four players.
After many years and many years, Oh, that seems great, but I don’t see an organic way to participate in itDanielle could not throw an extra royal red carpet for me and all D20 Those who want to eventually participate. And it is a joy, a privilege and an honor.
I was always in a similar boat, but the appeal of the wrestling clicked me when I discovered the meaning of Kayfabe. I think, Oh, it’s like the muppets. It was a performance of a performance.
Hey, listening, Kayfabe is all around us. Anyone who has ever visited their grandmother knew that you were not the same person everywhere, right? You go, [soft, cheerful voice] “Hello, grandmother. Nice to meet you!” We present these masks; We present our own aspects. Kayfabe is a really useful concept, and I like it is involved in a general way. It is a useful term, especially in the time of social media [mildly deranged voice] Where we are the performers, Susana, we are all performers …
Oh my God, the interviews were the most Kayfabe space that I occupied, this is a degree of MetaText I am not sure I can handle it.
Size 20 Always include players at different levels of experience with Dungeons & Dragons. But the recent seasons are like Prison and Queen pulled And Titan Takedown It has really been based on new players as a performer. What’s in your play to introduce not only a player with a game they have never played, but a performer for this type of performance they have never done before?
The best thing I always say is: Don’t worry about rules. And I tried to really remind people that I was a living encyclopedia. I like, you should step outdoors and I will build a bridge below you. You cannot be wrong. Don’t be afraid. And also just trying to remind people that it was the first story, the second game.
I mean that, it’s not that the game does not matter – that people will really come with such a game psychology, then Wait Wait, so how do we win? Can we die? What happened? What happens when we die, we lose the game? And you are like, no, you create another character … ”
It was very funny, because it was not even a debate. That was the first story. The game is the first story. There is no conditions for losing, no victory. The game ends when you finish your story, it is integrated into the bones of the incident. And so: Remind people of that [is the first step]. But the truth is that a lot of things are new to the game [stuff] is extremely beneficial for the program. It is really helpful. It creates a segment for those who can come and find a truly accessible season.
It is funny, we did Prison and Queen pulledIt was a lot of players for the first time, and what you thought was funny, Oh, this will be like a cup of Reese; Your peanut butter is found in my chocolate. Fans of Drag and fans of D&D can be cross -pollinated and find other means and performers. It was funny that many people approached that season when those who were not drawn from either, but it was a good thing to learn about both.
That you are new to this really interesting chance to be able to jump on the head of something and go, Oh, they are explaining the game for these performers and it is an easy thing for me to come. I think with Titan TakedownIt is really great, because you see the top performances in their heads about this skill set, learn something new, but absolutely interesting and attractive that it is a wild trip while you study with them.
Perhaps this is a wrong question, because all the gaming groups will be different in their own way, but there is any unexpected difference between introducing a group of performers dragging into the game and introducing a group of wrestling performers with the game?
Yes, I think I will say no. I want to say they are wonderful. They are really great.
Prison and Queen pulled Only win the best web series at Queerty Awards, on stage with Monét and Bob and our incredible manufacturer, Ebony Hardin – supervisor producer for dropouts, but also our first day production and producer coordinator in the future in the future. Size 20. They are just extraordinary people.
You meet them on the first day and you find these people quite famous, and they are just the most famous and funny and greedy people. Like the competition of Bob and Monét, taking pictures with each other, the camera does not [even] Rolling, it’s interesting. And the same thing is true for these wrestlers, they are just the warm and unbelievable person [presences]. And again, to see that basis and charm – I will say the interesting thing is the storytelling.
If you are the one who approaches this is a D&D fan who first sees the wrestlers, you can think of them as this amazing, sporty performer. You find the character big, bigger than in real life. What I moan immediately is [that] Their basis is telling stories. The understanding of setting up something up and pays. The understanding of those turning points, the moments that something changed. There are moments of storytelling [Titan Takedown] That you really find them confident and skilled in bringing a character through an experience. I think that will be really satisfied for everyone to come and see.
Titan Takedown Is released on the day of dropping out of school on April 2, with new episodes broadcast from Wednesday to April 23.
