In the past two decades or so, there's been a change in the way men are portrayed in movies and on TV. No longer are they cool, awesome and inspirational. Now, they tend to be dumb, hapless, insecure and incompetent and need to be bailed out by a female, preferably one who is “diverse.”
The problem comes in a number of different tropes.
Trope #1 The death of the stoic man
Male characters in earlier times were often reserved and exuded a quiet confidence and did not engage in to emotional outbursts. They did not talk about their “feelings” and set out to tackle the task at hand. When they showed aggression, it tended to be controlled and deployed at just the right moment for maximum impact. They were not likely to complain about insecurity or emotional fragility. In other words, they exuded stoicism.
Today's male characters now tend to come across as effeminate, talkative, expressive, reacting emotionally to what other characters say and do. They are easily intimidated by strong female personalities. They are almost never able to hold their own in an argument. They lack the self-confidence to assert control. They seem more like hyper-talkative and hyper-emotional children.
Trope#2 The deconstructed hero
Recent movies have transformed strong, brave, bold, assertive and ruthless heroes such as Luke Skywalker, Rocky Balboa, Superman and James Bond into sad, sullen, conflicted brooding and lonely characters. “Toxic masculinity” is definitely out.
Trope #3 Men are just dumb
In movies, TV shows and advertisements, men are often portrayed as stupid and incompetent. They need a strongr and smarter female character to get them on track. The smartest person in the room is never a man. And men never teach female characters anything of value.
Some of the marvel characters are manly men. Even though many of the actors are libtards butt holes.
Spoiler Alert: The White Man did it.
He’s watching the wrong movies.
In advertisements this has been true since my childhood in the mid-20th century, particularly for items that women would be more likely to buy, though now it is essentially all items.
During the "manly man" era, it was comic men who took on the stupid/incompetent schtick: Charles Chaplin, Cary Grant, Red Skelton, Jack Benny, Bob Hope, Mantan Moreland--but there was a clear understanding, accurate or no, that these actors, when they stopped acting and became themselves, were neither stupid nor incompetent. Can someone say that about the comic men of the last generation or so?
Don’t forget NO plot, NO dialogue, NO acting
The Critical Drinker is a modern Scottish philosopher....
That’s what frigid females who hate and fear men say. The Left is driven by such confusion and b.s.
In the meantime we had one movie last year, “Top Gun: Maverick” that celebrates the bravery, courage, and strength of men. I loved that movie.
You can find strong male characters in Asian movies and TV shows.
Top Gun Maverick did well, and no woke faggotry.
The personnel were a bit “more tan” than likely, but it wasn’t in your face.
The smartest person in the room is never a man. And men never teach female characters anything of value.
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In racial competition for the dumbest male between a white couple and a black couple:
The white woman is smarter than the white male, the black male is smarted than either white, and the black woman is a super genius eclipsing the other three.
Netflix and Prime prompt me to ‘Continue Watching’.
My wife knows that blue line they show is when they introduced some homos.
I haven’t been to the movies in at least a decade. I have no interest in watching leftist pieces of schiff. I don’t like women in lead roles and I have zero interest in watching minority degenerates. Their loss, not mine.
look how women are portrayed and then complain...
Just caught a comment in the Drinker’s monologue: the writers lack the life experience to write believable masculine characters. That’s profound: the characters are pusillanimous pansies because THE WRITERS are pusillanimous pansies.
Hail the Drinker! Sláinte! Here comes Mr. (Will) Jordan with yet another spot-on take. The cinematic male emasculation I hope has reached its nadir. Hollywood losing nearly half of its theatre audience due to woke/intersectional feminist tripe and hemorrhaging money is enough momentum to swing the pendulum in the opposite direction. I look forward to the return of red-blooded, kick-ass, rugged individualistic with relish — and vengeance.
Love the Critical Drinker.
He’s funny and all but when he holds the bottle of Jack Daniels up to take a drink he should unscrew the cap at least.
Fixed it.