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For my next video I want to explore the relation between masculinity and heroic stories, I know a large portion of my audience is male, so I figured it'd be interesting to do a critical, yet constructive, deep dive into manhood.

I'll review a number of the male heroes that I grew up with and look up to - think; James Bond, Iron Man & Batman for the most archetypal examples - and critically examine the fundamental traits that bind them, which I'll refer to as the myth of heroic masculine purpose; a myth that I've always found, and still find, very inspiring, yet it is also one that can feed into grandiosity and egoism, and should therefore be treated with some reflection and carefulness.


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Edward Steele

Very important topic, I wonder how much 80s action movies influenced my own upbringing and psyche (although I think the majority of it was probably going to an all-boys school)

John Barry

You may want to consider Frank Miller's Daredevil run, encapsulated in the Graphic novel "Born Again" ISBN: 0-87135-297-4 Well, that and Alan Moore's "V for Vendetta"

Tom Jones

This sounds very promising, can't wait for the deep dive! My main movies for inspiring my peronsal view on Manhood will always be Lord of the Rings and Captain Fantastic (Viggo Mortensen again), but also movies like into the wild. I always felt that being a man also means going out into the world and connecting with other people, especially other men in a meaningful and loving way (as portrayed in LOTR). I also find the discussion of what it means to be a father, especially towards passing on morals a very interesting one (as portrayed in Captain Fantastic). I truly believe one of the biggest problems of our younger generation is to have grown up without a father or with one that could not fulfill that role by either being a tyrant or a coward (I would say Campbell's work is very guiding when it comes to the exploration of the archetypes as they connect to Manhood) . Can't wait!

Rugby

Very relevant topic to me

Paul Apgar

You probably want to avoid politics but in the past few decades there has been an attack on masculinity in the US. Such that any masculinity is seen as toxic masculinity.

Blake Davison

Can’t wait for this. This will be so helpful and important!

Like Stories of Old

Interesting! I grew up after that period so I've been mostly focussed on masculinity as depicted in stores from the late 90s and 00s, but I'll see if I can include some older stuff too!

Edward Steele

The cinema therapy essay about toxic masculinity within LOTR (specifically Aragorn) is a fantastic watch about that topic