From the article linked below:
What’s the deal with men and the social order?
Jerry Seinfeld discussed his nostalgia for the 1960s, the decade of his childhood, and the setting of his directorial debut Unfrosted, in a new interview with Bari Weiss on her show, Honesty.
“There's another element there that I think is the key element [of the ‘60s], and that is an agreed-upon hierarchy, which I think is absolutely vaporized in today's moment,” Seinfeld said. “I think that is why people lean on the horn and drive in the crazy way that they drive — because we have no sense of hierarchy and as humans we don't really feel comfortable like that.”
“The other thing is as a man, I've always wanted to be a real man,” he said. “I never made it, but I really thought when I was in that era — again, it was JFK, it was Muhammad Ali, it was Sean Connery, Howard Cosell, you can go all the way down there — that's a real man. I want to be like that someday.”
Seinfeld conceded that he never emulated those icons of manliness.
“I never really grew up,” he said. “You don't want to, as a comedian, because it's a childish pursuit. But I miss a dominant masculinity. Yeah, I get the toxic, I get it, I get it. But still, I like a real man.”
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This article is just one of many expressing the social media outrage over what A COMEDIAN says out loud. What's so horrible about it? I feel the same way about the predictable social media outrage we get when Dave Chappelle releases a new Netflix special. Aren't comedians allowed to joke anymore?
That said, I think there's a grain of truth to Jerry's comments. Let me be crystal clear, I'm not condoning any of the toxic masculinity sh*t. We sure as hell don't need more girlfriend beaters or pussy grabbers. But society's recent trend towards frowning on expressions of masculinity outside of sports is (to me) why so many young men today are struggling to find their place in the world.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/tv/news/j...like-a-real-man/ar-BB1nhNku?OCID=ansmsnnews11
What’s the deal with men and the social order?
Jerry Seinfeld discussed his nostalgia for the 1960s, the decade of his childhood, and the setting of his directorial debut Unfrosted, in a new interview with Bari Weiss on her show, Honesty.
“There's another element there that I think is the key element [of the ‘60s], and that is an agreed-upon hierarchy, which I think is absolutely vaporized in today's moment,” Seinfeld said. “I think that is why people lean on the horn and drive in the crazy way that they drive — because we have no sense of hierarchy and as humans we don't really feel comfortable like that.”
“The other thing is as a man, I've always wanted to be a real man,” he said. “I never made it, but I really thought when I was in that era — again, it was JFK, it was Muhammad Ali, it was Sean Connery, Howard Cosell, you can go all the way down there — that's a real man. I want to be like that someday.”
Seinfeld conceded that he never emulated those icons of manliness.
“I never really grew up,” he said. “You don't want to, as a comedian, because it's a childish pursuit. But I miss a dominant masculinity. Yeah, I get the toxic, I get it, I get it. But still, I like a real man.”
*****
This article is just one of many expressing the social media outrage over what A COMEDIAN says out loud. What's so horrible about it? I feel the same way about the predictable social media outrage we get when Dave Chappelle releases a new Netflix special. Aren't comedians allowed to joke anymore?
That said, I think there's a grain of truth to Jerry's comments. Let me be crystal clear, I'm not condoning any of the toxic masculinity sh*t. We sure as hell don't need more girlfriend beaters or pussy grabbers. But society's recent trend towards frowning on expressions of masculinity outside of sports is (to me) why so many young men today are struggling to find their place in the world.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/tv/news/j...like-a-real-man/ar-BB1nhNku?OCID=ansmsnnews11
