Posted on 01/04/2022 8:52:20 AM PST by simpson96
Ten years ago, baby-faced men were passed over in Hollywood for rugged looking stars with more traditionally masculine looks.
But today more feminine-looking actors with delicate features, shorter stature and symmetrical faces are more in demand because they appear to younger viewers, experts claim.
Gen Z audiences are drawn to celebrities like Tom Holland, Timothée Chalamet and Harry Styles who embody a 'brand of enlightened non-toxic masculinity', according to beauty expert Laura Kay.
Their symmetrical, heart-shaped faces also make them more photogenic and therefore more popular on Instagram, which has become a key part in the Hollywood marketing machine.
These non-traditional leading men also benefit because younger generations are more tolerant of things which would have seen as 'abnormal' in the past, such as height differences or attitudes to gender, says dating and relationship expert Alex Mellor-Brook.
Tom Holland, 25, who is dating his co-star Zendaya, also 25, for example, is 5ft 8in, shorter than one might expect for a Hollywood A-lister, while Harry Styles, 27, proudly steps out in feminine clothing and has released a range of nail polishes.
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Light in the loafers.
If you think they look wimpy, check out the boys in BTS...
Zactly
Because they look like babies! Where are the men?
I grew up in Jimmy Stewart's home town of Indiana, PA. As such, there was something of a classic movie fan base. When I was a little kid in the '70s there were two theaters in downtown, a drive-in that operated during the summer months, and a third indoor theater on the far side of town.
Around 1980-81, a mall opened up with a 4 theater multiplex that pretty much put the downtown theaters out of business. One burnt down, but the other pretty much stayed as is, as there were several floors of offices in the building above it. It was a classic old theater that had been converted to film from the stage plays day. There was still an orchestra pit from the silent era. Different organizations around town would rent the theater and show classic movies for fund raisers, and of course they usually showed, "It's a Wonderful Life," a few times every December.
When I was 15 or 16 and kind of sort of starting to date, I took a young lady to see Casablanca on the big screen in a classic old theater. Of course everybody dressed up, many in dinner jackets and formal gowns or other period costume.
We took our seats and the lights went down and the movie started. The movie has kind of a gritty, rough and tumble start showing dusty, chaotic streets of Casablanca, and the action eventually moves into Rick's Cafe, and into Rick's inner sanctum, where the camera turns to reveal Bogart, impeccably dressed in his white dinner jacket and black tie, seated almost king-like behind his desk, cigarette in his fingers and the smoke slowly rising upwards.
Every female in the theater (my date included) simultaneously let out a little gasp. If it had been just one woman, the sound would have been almost imperceptible, but in a crowded theater with a roughly 50% female attendance, the sound was greatly amplified. This would have been about 45 years after the movie was made and I could only think to myself, "Bogie's still got it."
“America is Over, but I have never heard of this girl before”
This is the entertainment industry catering to good people that are just watching the stuff, not having their lives changed.
is this what women really want? or what the faggot designers want...
“...Tom Holland is not effeminate....”
Holland has been linked with his co-star Zendaya Coleman. He is 5’8 and she is 5’10. They are a cute couple.
Nope. Turn-off.
If I want a woman, I’ll date a woman. I prefer my men wide-shouldered, with some degree of facial hair beyond, “pre-pubescent moustache” and wearing work or combat boots.
I don’t want a return of the metrosexual. My ex was like that. He spent more time on his hair than I did. It was horrible.
“Over the top faggotry.”
You said it. I am a certified casting agent and a “good” number of these actors are a bunch of mamby pamby ass clowns. Harry Styles is a pussy.
Pheasant Run... That brings back memories. We’d staycation there when I was a kid in the ‘90’s. I loved that pool, particularly in winter and at night. Seeing all of that steam in the night air was almost otherworldly.
Note: I still have a crush on Burt circa Bandit through Dukes of Hazzard.
Reporters will be the death of the English language. I miss editors, as opposed to spellcheck.
A pretty good argument can be made that those things are merely inevitable side-effects of a Matriarchy. The Left dares not look into this too closely.
Exactly.
Yup.
Queers, they deserve to be beaten by real women who abhor them.
Pacino is closer to 5’3” than the stated size. Tom Cruise, now he is about 5’6”.
Effeminate men disgust me.
Egad!
Faggot designers.
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