Gender Masculinity in Mad Max Fury Road

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Masculinity
The film depicts a rich multiplicity of the feminine experience presenting women as dynamic players in their own ways. The film’s alleged radicalism is subdued by hackneyed shots of female characters resembling supermodels. In regards to men, ‘Mad Max: Fury Road’ portrays two kinds of masculinity: those who are healthy and productive as well as those who are toxic and destructive. Immortan Joe is a symbol of the first category while Max himself is the representation of the last kind of masculinity. These two types of masculinity are depicted as having a specific form of conflict, emanating from their particular orientations, and it is this conflict that drives the sequence of this film. Max Furry Road is a perfect depiction of a wild masculinity.
For males, this film is a great reminder of what it means to be a healthy or unhealthy wild man. It talks about men’s primal desires and encourages them to apply their masculine drive to avoid Dystopian and move into a Utopian future. The film overlooks the corollaries of being a lone masculine gender against the world. It presents men as unable to match the world because the world will always win against them. A perfect illustration of this fact manifests at the beginning of the film when Max tends to behave admirably. He spends his time skillfully by waiting for the most favorable moment to avoid using his wits. He combines efforts with Furiosa and other characters to increase his survival chances against all the odds.

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Masculinity is later redefined as being conventional or current. However, this is somewhat presented with mixed views. While in some parts, the traditional masculinity is presented as useful and worthy in the society, the same masculinity is brought out as dangerous in other parts. The conventional masculinity is glorified for the roles, such as sports, that they play in the society. On the same scale, masculinity is equated to violence and other undesirable behaviors which makes it laughable in the long-run.