I've been watching previews for new TV shows coming out this fall for work (I'm an entertainment reporter, and yes, it is work to watch this trash) and one show that killed a particularly large number of brain cells was We are Men from CBS. It's about four recently divorced men "helping each other heal" from their recent life altering events. How they heal apparently is by lounging by the pool, engaging in promiscuous sex, and breaking into a Catholic school.
I would like someone to explain to me exactly how men heal by acting like unsupervised teenagers? What part of picking up random bar floozies is supposed to help repair the psychological damage of being left at the wedding altar? I am just getting sick of the idea in media that it's perfectly healthy for a single man to act like Austin Powers, and that if he's feeling his emotions or taking time before dating or having sex that there's something wrong with him.
This isn't the only show doing it either. Fox has a new show coming out called Brooklyn Nine-Nine about an immature homicide detective who aggressively resists the direct orders of his superiors, including wearing a Speedo to work to flaunt the dress code. In any normal office he'd be hit with so many sexual harassment suits his Speedo would be all he has left, but here we're supposed to cheer him on for being a "free spirit".
Um, no, you're not a "free spirit", you're an immature man-child who can't handle their own life.
And yes, I know I have a whole post on my toy collection, and another about my Harley Quinn outfit I want to make, but I know when to set them aside. While I also know this isn't a true reflection of reality, what I hate is that the media can be a place to put the idealized version of reality, and if this is what the public wants to idolize then heaven help us all.
What do you think? Are these man-child comedies stupid or appealing?
-JOE
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