So it’s been a while. And I don’t care. And all of you will forgive me since I’m amazing.
I’ve been working the night shift at my job recently, and when I say night I mean when most of the East Coast is sleeping I’m wide awake.. or at least awake.
On this particular night of nights I’ve been watching Spiderman, the first one I believe. Without a doubt a great movie, but more importantly it captures a man in transition doing exactly what he needs to do. In my opinion it captured exactly what most people want to think of as the perfect man. If you haven’t seen it, well first move to a populated area as chances are you’ve been living by yourself in a wooded area with a coyote for the past few years, but then go do it! You’ll see what I mean.
I pondered that for a little bit and was sufficiently amused with my thought I decided to write this… Then Married with Children came on. Now many of you may not be familiar with this show but it really was great. A brief summary goes something like this:
“Al Bundy is a misanthropic women’s shoe salesman with a miserable life. He hates his job, his wife is lazy, his son is dysfunctional (especially with women), and his daughter is dimwitted and promiscuous.”
from IMDB.com and the link I gave you above.
Why can’t this be the image that everyone thinks of when they think of a man doing exactly what he needs to do. Sure he may not be rich, intelligent, social, successful, sexy, or anything else we like to think of when we think of a good man or perfect man but he is. When push comes to shove, his family is taken care of.
Isn’t that what it should be about?
Obviously the two can’t really be compared, but still I think you get the point. The image needs a reworking and some tweaking.
