Not as in the 48% of people think i should lead therefore i have a mandate to do what i want, but in the two men hanging out now has a new name, Man-dating.
This is something i could write about forever, because it is.... well, if i could tell you why it was in a sentence, that wouldn't exactly be forever. I imagine this is going to take awhile for me to edit while i try to get all of my thoughts in order, so let me know if there are some major screw-ups in the blog. Here are all the reason's why i hate the term bromance, mandate, and broner (when a guy does something awesome, and its like a girl giving you a boner), but don't really hate any of the movies about this man love
At it's heart, it is making fun of guys for being in love with their friends. This in and off itself has two offshoots of anger. Firstly, it is homophobic. It is just the slight indication, covered up with a joke, that the two guys are gay. That for two guys to spend that much time together, there has to be something sexual going on, and that is weird, or laughable, or in the worst cases, wrong. Homophobia and i are not friends, to say the least, and these jokes all have that lean. Secondly, what is wrong with two people loving each other? Jesus thought it was awesome, family is centered around it. But now, in the last few years, this Bromance has taken over, and it's no longer normal to have a best friend. Buddy movies have existed since movies were around, Mercutio and Romeo were as tight as it gets. The Greeks even had a freakin' word for brotherly love, and then people decided that was so cool, they named a city after it. So these two points flow together in that, homophobia used to be way bigger than it is today, but now that homosexuality has gotten it's head above water, all best friends might be gay. Awesome.
I erased the paragraph you are reading right now like 5 times, because it was just vitriol spewed, not coherent points made. But the problem with my argument is that i love these bromantic movies. Pineapple Express, I now pronounce you Chuck and Larry and all the apatow movies. Even 40 year old virgin, a movie ostensibly a romantic comedy about an older guy finding love is really just about 4 guys hanging out, being drunk/high and wacky hijinks that ensue, the female lead's lines pale in comparison to lines given to each of the 4 guys. AND THIS IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE MOVIES OF ALL TIME. ah, crap, i dont know. post your thoughts.
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I don't necessarily agree that "bromance" (and related terms) has a gay undertone, or at least not a homophobic one. I think it's more just a somewhat funny buzz-word that has recently gained popularity in pop culture. I mean, bromance (a slanted play on the word romance) is in itself funny. I think it's all just a light-hearted tease, like friends often do to one another; there's nothing really negative about it. And bromantic shows and movies are certainly gaining ground, with very recent examples being the film "I Love You, Man" and the MTV reality show "Bromance." If it was truly negative or homophobic, I don't think mainstream media would latch on to it and reward the bromance culture with such success and popularity. And speaking from personal experience, my friends and I throw the words around all the time as nothing more than jokes and what not. It's just, well, funny,
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