Work Cited
Wedding Crashers. Dir. David Dobkin. Perf. Owen Wilson and Vince Vaughn. New Line
Cinema., 2005
In the film Wedding Crashers, two divorced mediators spend their free time on their hobby, crashing weddings. The main male characters in the movie behave in a manner not really caring for the female or the female’s feelings. There intentions are strictly sexual, meaning they attend these weddings with the hopes of attracting women and "hooking up" with them at the end of the night. Towards each other they condone their behavior. Every wedding they attend they are portraying a different identity. I wouldn't really consider their behavior masculine because their hiding their true identity. In my opinion to be masculine is being confident and dominant about your sexuality and your appearance. Lying doesn't portray that.
I think that the movie places more emphasis on the relationships between females, because when they attend one wedding and meet two women they learn about love and relationships. With attending these weddings they’re not looking to catch feelings or any other serious encounters. That’s going against their “rules of wedding crashing”. I think this kind of goes with what David Grazian discusses about males’ behavior in ‘The Girl Hunt: Urban Nightlife and Performance of Masculinity as Collective Activity”. In the article Grazian basically puts that men go by certain rules that they always follow in order to get their women.
The film shows that there are different types of masculinity and different ways of viewing it. Also that you should accept life the way you are and not try to be anyone else.
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ReplyDeleteYou make a great connection between the film, The Wedding Crashers, and Grazian's article, regarding the 'rule' men must follow. But what does following these rules mean? That these men are masculine? The first point you make, about the two male characters creating fake identities for themselves when they crash weddings nicely relates to the rule. If men must follow rules in order to appear masculine, then if they don't follow the rules, they are not considered masculine. Also if, as you aptly point out, masculinity means being a man who is confident and in control, then do the male characters in this film live up to these standards? Also, what do you think is the meaning of the two male characters working as divorce lawyers but crashing weddings in their spare time?
ReplyDeleteBe sure to compose a paragraph based on these reflections. Great Work Cited entry for the film :)