How the Movies Teach Manhood

How the Movies Teach ManhoodThe Matt Townsend Show • Season 4, Episode 72, Segment 2

Apr 14, 2015 • 46m

Colin Stokes is a father, a former performer, a non-profit marketer, designer and arts consumer. The director of communications for the non-profit Citizen Schools. He is also a TED speaker. Did you ever notice that a lot of movies have essentially similar storylines? There is a "bad guy" statistically more often a male protagonist has to fight his way through obstacles and confront the bad guy, and then he is rewarded, typically with a girl? What lessons are movies teaching our boys about manhood?

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