Wednesday, February 1, 2023

Guys

 How about this? In entertainment and marketing…

we replace the good looking guy, one foot on the wall, cigarette in his mouth with the ordinary looking guy with a pen in his hand, writing a note to his mother.
replace the muscled dude with an assault rifle with a guy holding his child
replace an angry man throwing a glass with an angry man sitting down to calm himself
replace a man drowning his problems in drink with a man taking responsible hold of his life
replace the easy one-nighter with a tender courtship
replace the married man who needs a lover with a man who sits down and talk out his problems
replace a destructive car chase with a by-the-book arrest

There’s probably more examples, but these visual tropes stick with us more deeply than we realize and don’t do society any good.

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