Dang. Now I wish I’d gone to see the new Captain America film.
Well, perhaps that overstates things. But still, Anthony Mackie deserves some attention and credit for his quiet wisdom on the “death of the American male,” a death for which his own industry bears significant responsibility. Perhaps remarkably, the Hollywood Reporter featured his argument yesterday. At first Mackie talks about raising his sons to be “humble,” but he’s teaching them more than humility:
The Avengers franchise actor went on to explain why it’s important to him to build his children’s character — especially in today’s society. “So, it is just that thing of in the past 20 years, we’ve been living through the death of the American male. They have literally killed masculinity in our homes, in our communities for one reason or another. But I raise my boys to be young…
