Hollywood’s latest assault on men and masculinity is “Hall Pass,” whose premise is simple: Without a woman guiding him (in a scene noted in the trailer, literally driving him around like a school child), the man would be aimless and helpless. The truth, as any married man can attest, is the opposite. Marriage prevents a man from becoming himself, as he is forced to subjugate his dreams to a cuntnag’s desire for more-more-more-mortgages.
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Good observation. I literally cringed trying to get through this movie as it was painful to watch. I’m glad I got through it though because the hot Aussie chik was glorrious.
I wanted to write a post about this after I watched it. There are some funny bits, but the sad beta message was beyond brutal. I was also torn as to how I thought of the aging PUA – it was funny, but coming from an obvious beta mantra I think it was trying to make fun and shame the PUA, as usually all times it’s portrayed does.
I refrained from writing about it because I forgot about it. But it made me sick – the premise could have worked if it was written by a man with balls.
Did someone say mortgages? I take it in your marriage you spent much of your labor and time on buying and maintaining a house. Women do tend to define themselves by their home. I hope she at least maintained a good living space for you two in return.
You are right in pointing out that this is merely the latest; think about all the TV sitcoms from the 90′s that we grew up with, and even the more recent ones: everyone of them painted the father as the goofy, emasculated figurehead and the mother as the governing, behind-the-scenes powerhouse, always the wiser of the two. A few examples:
1. Home Improvement
2. Full House
3. Fresh Prince
4. Everyone Loves Raymond
5. George Lopez
I think this is more of a symptom than a cause of the modern notions of gender roles in marriage, but certainly it is both to some extent.