It looks like Matthew McConaughey has an acolyte. Seriously, I know the name of this site implies it automatically, but I have deeply rooted fears that our society is on a downward spiral into irrelevance and the ubiquitous use of the term ‘bro’.
I get that Jake Gyllenhall has beefed up for a movie, but would it kill him to put a shirt on? Come on man. I understand that being handsome, wealthy, talented and famous hasn’t gotten you as much attention as you deserve, but this… it’s kind of gross.
The decline of western culture owes a lot to misinformed attempts to relocate masculinity. This represents a crisis, however: jocks thinking that they are ‘different’ and in some way ‘alternative’ is one thing but when normal men start to emulate gorillas we are in trouble.
At least Reese Witherspoon had the decency to look embarrassed.