Esquire notes that “Hollywood Killed the Macho Star”; Gawker piles on, dubbing 2009 “The Year of Awkward Young Men” at the movies.
But conservative author Frederica Mathewes-Green wrote the definitive article on this trend, why it’s occurring, and why it’s such a sharp contrast to the golden age of the movies.
Oh — and she wrote it in 2005. If you enjoyed Diana West’s 2007 book, The Death of the Grown-Up, and you missed Frederica’s article the first time around, check it out now.
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