TYPES OF MEN ON FILM

THE BIG BABY

THE BIG BABY IS...

• Usually heavy
• Played for laughs
• Often asexual
• Sometimes feminine
• Usually nonthreat

THE STARS/FILMS

• Kevin James/blart
• Tyler perry/madeA
• Zack galifianakis
• Dumb and dumbers
• Lou costello

THE BRAVE BOY

THE BRAVE BOY IS...

• Innocent, curious
• Thrust into world
• Resourceful
• Alone, and primed for the hero's journey

FAMOUS BRAVE BOYS

• Peter Pan (sorta)
• Harry potter
• Luke skywalker
• Frodo
• Myriad mythic boys

THE BACHELOR

THE BACHELOR IS...

• A good guy
• Suspicious of love
• Clinging to youth
• Attractive
• Not fully adult

BACHELOR MOVIES

• High fidelity
• The Hangover
• Forgetting Sarah m
• Lethal weapon
• Love, actually
• Casablanca

THE HUSBAND

THE HUSBAND IS....

• Burdened by responsibilty
• Tied down
• Sexually unfulfilled
• Dreaming of his past (or future)

HUSBAND MOVIES...

• (Launch in the 1960s)
• American beauty
• Who's afraid of VW
• Truman show
• Brokeback mt.
• The shining

THE HERO!

THE HERO...

• works alone
• Stoic and dutiful
• Eschews relationships
• Martyr to the greater good
• The archetypal journey-maker
• Starts as ordinary guy

HERO MOVIES

• Star wars
• Lord of the rings
• The matrix
• Saving private ryan
• Die hard, action pix
• Superheroes, of cours

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