The modern portrayal of manhood is, to say the least, confused. Some could point back to the 80’s, at figures like Homer Simpson who were complete morons with only rare moments of grace.
Even the 1986 film, Ferris Beuller’s Day Off had, in retrospect, the father-figure at opposite ends of a spectrum built by human hands, not divine— Cameron’s dad, who l…
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