Men and the media

Men and the Media: brief comments on films, videos, books and their portrayal of men.

Books: fiction, non-fiction

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"Brassed off", (film), men under stress, family, illness, redundancy
"Breach of Contract", (on video) husbands, wives, careers, family
"Bye Bye Love", (on video) fathers, children, ex-wives, new partners
"Clara's Heart", (on video) boy and separation
"Dad", (on video), father/son/grandson
"Misunderstood" (on video) father and son
"My First Wife" (on video), father facing separation
"Parenthood", (on video), a range of family situations
"Proud Men", (on video), father-son reconciliation
"Promises to Keep", (on video) fathers, sons, separation
"Second Best", (on video), father, son, adoption of troubled 10-year-old by single man
"Seize the Day" (on video), man's life falling apart, loss of family
"Shine", (film) father and son, extreme circumstances
"Shoot the Moon", (on video), family breakup
"Skirmish" , (on video), comedy, gender wars
"Striptease", (film) custody, etc.??????
"The boy who had everything" (on video) son, mother, becoming adult
"The Full Monty", (film), redundancy, male strippers
"The Men's Club", (on video) men being open with each other?????????

50, by Avery Corman, separation, children, aging
Other People's Children, by Joanna Trollope, separation, children, blended families

Stuart Birks

Last updated 7 January, 2002