Dirty Harry

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Dirty Harry is no more. In late 1980s, real men are replaced with girly actors. Hollywood is creating a generation of wimps.
TV shows also show how weak modern boys really are.


Men in movies today: Wimps whiners and weenies

Where have America's strong male icons gone?

Run your eyes over this list and tell me what these men have in common: Mel Gibson, Russell Crowe, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jean-Claude Van Damme, Liam Neeson, Pierce Brosnan, Paul Hogan, Jet Li, Chow Yun-Fat, Sean Connery.

That's right, they're all foreigners. They're today's top Hollywood tough guys, heart throbs, and macho men.

Why must the land of the free and the home of the brave import most of its on-screen testosterone?

The problem goes even deeper than that.

Period films-those set in earlier, pre-PC times, like Gladiator or The Patriot-continue to feature bold, decisive, heroic male characters.

Among movies set in our present day, however, a viewer can't help wondering where all the real men are.

Masculine traits are now mostly reduced to one of two extremes: The whiny wimp (in realistic dramas) or the battering thug.

Bold, principled, noble men of the sort who thickly peopled the films of the 1930s, '40s, and '50s have nearly disappeared.


Comments: Ladies want a real man to make their day. James Bond is in demand.

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