cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/70086414

Given Lemmy’s leftward sociopolitical skew, the appreciation for Star Trek makes perfect sense, but what do we think of “MacGyver”? I specifically refer to the 85-92 Richard Dean Anderson show; I know there’s a reboot but I haven’t seen it yet.

Let’s see…

-Leftward Socio-political Commentary, including environmental activism and anti-authoritarianism

-Male protagonist with actual outward sensitivity & feelings

-“Open-source”; makes his own tools/gadgets from whatever’s available instead of relying on a corporate supply chain.

Sounds right up this platform’s alley.

I’m halfway through season 2 and it’s pretty damn good; it’s basically James Bond as an overgrown Boy Scout and that’s actually rather endearing.

  • schipelblorp@sh.itjust.works
    29·
    2 days ago

    I agree Mr. T is better than Andrew Tate, but they both share the same problem of needing to perform masculinity. The whole gender binary is a trap and it makes me sad that we have to sell kindness as a brand of manliness to make people take it seriously. I wish we could throw the whole thing in the trash and just value traits independently of hormonal associations, but likely that is an impossible utopian vision.

    • missingno@fedia.io
      10·
      2 days ago

      Masculinity isn’t an inherently bad thing by itself. If anything, I think we need more positive role models who can show a wholesome side of masculinity.

      • schipelblorp@sh.itjust.works
        36·
        2 days ago

        Associating traits with gender is an inherently bad thing.

        Edit:

        If men are strong, women are weak, etc. It’s nakedly a bad idea.

        The problem is children identify with their gender naturally (?), so the best PRACTICAL work around is making masculinity less toxic and femininity less passive.

    • [deleted]@piefed.worldEnglish
      9·
      2 days ago

      I’m good with Mr T’s cartoonishly unrealistic version of masculinity that was used to promote the positive aspects while clearly being a character.

      • schipelblorp@sh.itjust.works
        16·
        2 days ago

        Yeah, me too, but, like I said, it’s a stop-gap; it still relies on people identifying with masculinity.

        It’s kind of like using the bible to push kindness, you still end up supporting Christianity which is, on the whole, pretty toxic.