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[glennagirl.livejournal.com]

Pretty awesome.  I was looking for a photo for a post and ended up at the NYTimes obit article on Robert Vaughn's passing.  In reading some comments on the article I found this one.  I have to wonder if she's among those who read and/or write fan fiction for MFU.  Here's what Rosa had to say:

rosa

ca November 15, 2016

To a young woman, at the time those two men, Vaughn and McCallum, were the epitome of class, sex and intelligence.
THEY WERE HOT!!!
They weren't the men of my father's generation: Clark Gable, Gregory Peck, etc.
The role they played was active, brainy, quick. They weren't 'seducers' of the ladies, they had no time for that, but they met their ladies as equals and we suspected had a far, far better time.
And they were elegant.
No baseball caps and t-shirts for them.
Their shirts had collars, their hair wasn't hidden. No buzz-cut for them.
I look at the ads that flash by on my tv today and these two aren't there.
Their bodies aren't soft from pizza and soda.
They have no squeaky high voices (what is it with that?) or thick lenses.
Vaughn and McCallum made men look good!
They weren't slobs, slobs that somehow (I'm supposed to believe) have magnificent women drooling over them.
Oh, I feel sad for today's young woman.
So few young men have that spark, and Hollywood and tv no longer find any value in it anyways. Men and boys are presented as little boys: bumblers that drool over women, mostly just their body parts - they could care less about her brain; you suspect they are not too clean, their hair is greasy; and they are just not that terribly bright.
Men should rise up and demand that Hollywood and tv write better roles for them!
Stop making them look stupid and fat!
Down with baseball caps and t-shits!
Up with elegance and brains!
Claim your man-way!
Don't be used!

Comments

[gevr.livejournal.com]

this is an awesome obituary ! And I must say that I fully agree with her.
Women have always been portrayed int the media as brainless and dumb and superficial, but hey as long as we were beautiful it was okay, and we rallied against it. How successful we are I can't say, but I think we're gaining some progress. But to my great horror the media are doing the same to men these days. They have to be strong and athletic and brains and morals are not really that important, and I notice that they fall for it ! I'm retired now, but not so long ago I heard a set of young men (late twenties - early thirties) at the office discussing their six-packs, and their skin complexion and their diets and exercises - and they weren't joking ! They meant it !
I felt like when I was ten and overheard my mom and her sisters talking about their boobs and their complexion and the exercises they dd to "look good for their man". Now don't get me wrong : there's nothing wrong with wanting to look good for your SO but there's also nothing wrong with not having a perfect six-pack, or having just an A-cup.

So I want to support Rosa : men claim you manhood ! Stand up for your rights! Don't let the media and the movies talk you into being something you weren't meant to be !

[glennagirl.livejournal.com]

I am so glad you enjoyed both the NYTimes article and Rosa's response. I agree with her as well, the modern man leaves something to be desires by those of us who have seen better. Imagine being seduced by a text message rather than Kuryakin's raised eyebrow or Solo's smile.

[gevr.livejournal.com]

I would prefer the raised eyebrow over any text message - no matter how passionate :-D

[maria-priest.livejournal.com]

that was fabulous!! and so true. thanks for sharing it with us.