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Why were blonde white guys vilified in the 80s?
Posted on 6/4/22 at 7:51 pm
Posted on 6/4/22 at 7:51 pm
White men have been under attack in the media since the 80s. In every classic 80s move the blonde white kid/guy is the antagonist.
Rocky 4
Back 2 The Future
Teen Wolf
Karate Kid
Revenge of The Nerds
And many more
Rocky 4
Back 2 The Future
Teen Wolf
Karate Kid
Revenge of The Nerds
And many more
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Posted on 6/4/22 at 7:52 pm to MontyFranklyn
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Teen Wolf
da fuq?
Posted on 6/4/22 at 7:54 pm to MontyFranklyn
This guy fricked:
Posted on 6/4/22 at 7:54 pm to MontyFranklyn
Top Gun?
Posted on 6/4/22 at 7:55 pm to lsucoonass
Saw Maverick last night and the blonde guy was definitely an over the top arse hole
Posted on 6/4/22 at 7:55 pm to MontyFranklyn
Cold War.
Posted on 6/4/22 at 7:57 pm to MontyFranklyn
Posted on 6/4/22 at 7:57 pm to MontyFranklyn
quote:
White men have been under attack in the media since the 80s
False. White men of any hair color being vilified is a creation of the 2010s Woke movement.
The movie board told me so, and they don't like contradictory evidence, so they must be right.
Posted on 6/4/22 at 7:58 pm to MontyFranklyn
Well, because Hollywood hates us?
Posted on 6/4/22 at 7:58 pm to MontyFranklyn
Bachelor Party
Posted on 6/4/22 at 7:58 pm to MontyFranklyn
quote:
White men have been under attack in the media since the 80s.
Oh no. Poor us. How will we ever recover from this?
Posted on 6/4/22 at 8:00 pm to MontyFranklyn
It's more the rise of the Mook/Guido, which started with The Godfather/Al Pacino's rise to stardom but really went into overdrive a few years later w/Rocky & Saturday Night Fever.
As American culture became more "urbanized" the Mook archetype/cliche only became more popular
As American culture became more "urbanized" the Mook archetype/cliche only became more popular
Posted on 6/4/22 at 8:00 pm to MontyFranklyn
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Karate Kid
Daniel was the villain.
Posted on 6/4/22 at 8:28 pm to MontyFranklyn
quote:
Teen Wolf
Not blonde
Posted on 6/4/22 at 8:30 pm to MontyFranklyn
Drago was a soviet antagonist in the cold war era 
Posted on 6/4/22 at 8:31 pm to MontyFranklyn
Missed one.
Posted on 6/4/22 at 8:32 pm to MontyFranklyn
Poor blondes, can't even get into Fight Club to defend themselves.
Posted on 6/4/22 at 8:53 pm to MontyFranklyn
Honestly, there was a reaction to the archetype of the blonde young white guy was the heart-throb hero of the 1950's. The so-called ideal for females and ergo, ideal for movies.
Hell, the backlash could maybe be traced to The Graduate. In the book, Ben is some Troy Donahue surfer type...because that was what sold to teenage girls.
In the movie we get:
Hoffman said he didn't think he'd get the role because the studio thought he "was too ethnic looking." Doing just New York stage.
The first choices for the role was Robert Redford, Steve McQuinn...two blondes.
So it's common for backlash against the old archetype...while the "cool guys" were the young blonde males in the 50's, it shifted to making them the bad guys to reject that era or orthodoxy in casting.
Plus blonde guys just stand out. See Die Hard. We all remember the blonde villain.
Hell, the backlash could maybe be traced to The Graduate. In the book, Ben is some Troy Donahue surfer type...because that was what sold to teenage girls.
In the movie we get:
Hoffman said he didn't think he'd get the role because the studio thought he "was too ethnic looking."
Doing just New York stage. The first choices for the role was Robert Redford, Steve McQuinn...two blondes.
So it's common for backlash against the old archetype...while the "cool guys" were the young blonde males in the 50's, it shifted to making them the bad guys to reject that era or orthodoxy in casting.
Plus blonde guys just stand out. See Die Hard. We all remember the blonde villain.
Posted on 6/4/22 at 9:11 pm to Froman
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White men have been under attack in the media since the 80s. Oh no. Poor us. How will we ever recover from this?
By declaring ourselves as women so lefty’s will attack anyone criticizing us as “transphobic”
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