I’ve been thinking about how Hollywood trained me to cast a leading man who is emotionally skittish, avoidant, and using work/success as a coping mechanism. It’s also been really interesting to see how the romantic leads differ across cultures as I started watching more global shows. The American ones usually give me the ick more now actually.
Ugh, Melissa! Totally! It's like we were brain-washed. It's got me thinking about what my kids are watching on TV... what the messaging is doing to them.
...Curious about the which global shows you're referencing and how they differ!
Great insight. In some ways, light fluff from a movie seems so insignificant but in others, it’s these messages that help shape us.
Totally, Dakota!
I feel this with books i read-read! Isn’t that wild
Oh interesting... what's a book you loved and now you don't?
💯 hard agree...my movie was Pump Up The Volume...only attracted to emotionally unavailable boys who thought they were men.
Just looked up Pump Up The Volume... the picture says everything lol. Ugh!
I want to try rewatching this myself!
I’ve been thinking about how Hollywood trained me to cast a leading man who is emotionally skittish, avoidant, and using work/success as a coping mechanism. It’s also been really interesting to see how the romantic leads differ across cultures as I started watching more global shows. The American ones usually give me the ick more now actually.
Ugh, Melissa! Totally! It's like we were brain-washed. It's got me thinking about what my kids are watching on TV... what the messaging is doing to them.
...Curious about the which global shows you're referencing and how they differ!