Male Weepies: A Misunderstood Genre

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  @BroeyDeschanel · 2 years ago · pinned

  An interesting companion video about heroic masculinity when it ~doesn&apos;t~ take on a pro-social aim!: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RKdT_d-_vYs">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RKdT_d-_vYs&amp;ab_channel=LikeStoriesofOld</a>

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  @Dm34421 · 2 years ago (edited)

  Masculinty is a spectrum like femininity. Moonlight was a rare film that showed different types of masculinity. Its rare to see any mainstream film cover the nuances of masculinity that doesnt involve sports

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  @bogwoman · 2 years ago

  This reminds me of Contrapoint&apos;s latest video about Twilight and female fantasies - the ability to be able to receive pleasure without autonomy relieves the burden of shame (hence why female fantasies often have &quot;problematic&quot; power dynamics). Maybe for men this fantasy involves the ability to show and feel VULNERABILITY without shame (being thrust into war / sports competitions).

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  @teadrinker214 · 2 years ago

  i will be forever haunted by the barbara kruger piece intricate rituals, where she says &quot;you create intricate rituals which allow you to touch the skin of other men&quot; and i think it links with male weepies. the movie genre creates an intricate ritual that allows men to cry openly

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  @keltonkingyt · 2 years ago

  im a man, and when i watched the iron claw i cried for two hours afterwards. seeing that movie made me realize i had deep rooted issues with my father&apos;s death when i was young and the way i see myself as a man because of it. when zac efron finally let go of his grief and his despair at the end of the movie, i did too. i realized that there isn&apos;t a set definition for what a &quot;real man&quot; is, it is only what you need it to be. thank you for this video broey, i now have a deeper understanding of myself and others.

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  @kaihavertzlover29 · 2 years ago

  black man who loved this video. the two films to ever make me cry: good will hunting and moonlight.

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  @EmperorXunks · 2 years ago

  One more thing...<br>Columbo is an underrated example of heroic masculinity

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  @poggers3218 · 2 years ago

  Really surprised that “It’s a Wonderful Life” wasn’t mentioned here. It’s the movie that always makes me and my dad cry and George’s struggle is deeply rooted in the masculine idea of providing for your family. He has spent most of his life sacrificing his personal goals to help out his loved ones and when it looks like everything is about to collapse, he’s willing to make the ultimate sacrifice to provide for his family. It’s only when he’s shown the positive impact his actions have made that he reconsiders sacrificing himself. I feel as though the movie is very ahead of its time in terms of portraying masculinity through loving and pro-social behavior which is eventually rewarded by the end. Still makes me cry to this day.

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  @Erik_604 · 2 years ago

  Another interesting example is Rambo: First Blood (1982), co-written and starring Sylvester Stallone. John Rambo is a broken man, depressed, isolated, and suffering untreated severe PTSD. &nbsp;He doesn&apos;t want confrontation and violence. <br><br>In the closing scene he breaks down, crying and explaining that he never got the treatment and counselling that he knew he needed. That no one would listen to his cries for help, and no one understands his pain. <br><br>At at the end, after all of the violence and death, he receives the hug that he&apos;s always needed.

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  @Doctor_Straing_Strange · 2 years ago

  Man, that guy who couldn&apos;t cry for his parents&apos; divorce so he watched a bunch of films about genocide... that&apos;s so deeply sad

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  @ColeHoiseth · 2 years ago

  I went into this video bracing for a bad faith deconstruction of the male experience, but was very pleased to find a nuanced, empathetic take on masculinity, both in its toxic and heroic archetypes. You walked an excellent line with this video, holding the toxic parts of masculinity accountable while celebrating the heroic virtues I think a lot of men strive for. Im lucky enough to have a number of heroically masculine role models in my life and this video has made me all the more thankful. Thank you so much for this, God Bless.

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  @stephenjones4658 · 2 years ago

  Treasure Planet is an underrated male weepy and my personal comfort cry movie. The arc of a young man finding a surrogate father who is proud of him, and an older man being softened and bettered by that respect and love. I always cry buckets at that movie it hits me in a vulnerable place as a man.<br><br>I felt seen by this video thank you.

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