Masculinity In School Ties Movie

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Masculinity in film and television often shows stereotypes of alpha males who seek adventure and are always quick to show they’re opinion and strength, and they often tend to be the hero of the move or television show. In the film School Ties (1992) directed by Robert Mandel, Charlie Dillon (Matt Damon) is a young adult in his last year at high school who has to live up to his family’s glamorous expectations and high standards that his older brother has left before him. Nothing seems to go his way and he finds that though it may be impossible to live up to his family’s name, he will do anything to achieve his goal. The director Mandel has described and expressed Dillon’s character by using various narrative, symbolic and technical elements. Charlie is a character that …show more content…
This personality does appear apparent at first but when you delve deeper into the person behind this character he is actually an insecure but privileged, unreliable and envious person. His actions throughout the film display that he is spoilt, but he is different from another perspective. Charlie does not fit into stereotypical male roles in media of an alpha male or a teenage wimp but is instead his own persona. While he does stand up for himself and pick fights occasionally, and he is not always kind or forgiving, he is rather individual and an interesting character as the person that you see on the surface is not the person underneath. Because of this Charlie Dillon feels like a real person and not a two-dimensional character as shown in other media films or television. While David Greene is the focus of this film, Charlie Dillon still holds up on his own as a fascinating and remarkable character in his own way. Charlie is not perfect and never will be, but he teaches a good lesson about life that no matter what you do or try, you can never be a flawless and impeccable human
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