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date    = "2023-09-29T21:41:23+00:00"
lastmod = "2023-09-29T21:41:23+00:00"
tags    = [ "musings" ]
author  = "tdro"
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I finally remembered the perfect metaphor for modern western politics someone
told me ages ago. The
['work and shoot'](https://crco.cssd.ac.uk/id/eprint/1639/) is what it was, or
the cooler sounding;
['worked shoot'](https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/WorkedShoot), as in
'fake fighting', 'friendly fighting', or
[kayfabe](https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Kayfabe) (be fake).

My fun take on that trope is a tad more twisted; it's a 'lesser worked shoot',
as in 'photo and shoot', or photo shoot, or just a photo, and _maybe_ a shoot. I
was told once before it's more of a
[worked photo chute](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Fire_escape_tube_-_NARA_-_285282.jpg/800px-Fire_escape_tube_-_NARA_-_285282.jpg)
(ouch).