World changes

The sitcom, The King of Queens, was playing on the shop T.V. I run my motorcycle repair business out of an already established shop in Washington and was coming out of the back to get something near the customer waiting room and caught a portion of this show. I had heard about it from time to time and a small curiosity tugged at me. I caught the last minutes of the days telecast in which the lead man, Doug, is lost in the woods. He's racing from place to place in obvious distress and panic. After several seconds of this and a close-up shot of his stricken face he sits in defeat on a large rock. Does he look around and contemplate his situation, searching his memory for the right trail? No. He doesn't. Does he gaze the sky for a fixed point to aid in his self-rescue? Nope. How about divine intervention? Does he pray? That's another negative. So, what does this big man do? To my repulsion, he flops his face in his hands and...CRIES. Not just silent weeping but big bone jarring, body racking, loud sobs that echo throughout the reposeful forest. After a few seconds of this (and more repulsion from me) his wife, from somewhere over the ridge, calls: "Doug? Is that you?"
"Yes," he said, sheepishly.
"Are you crying?" She asks, incredulously. (You can tell she's repulsed, too).
"No," he said, (more girly-male) "where are you?"
"I'm over here," she said.
After this exchange he makes his way to his wife but to his horror they are separated by a swinging rope bridge that is in severe disrepair.
Does he quench his fear and begin the death walk so they can be together again? No. Not this guy. Does he look for a safer route, knowing that this is what a real man would do? Huh, uh, again. Realizing that he may plunge to his death, does he proclaim his love for his beloved wife and assure her that she is the best in the world and then start his trek? Not a chance. What does our brave hero do? He whimpers and simpers and whines until his WOMAN coaches and convinces him that he can do it and then, after completely emasculating himself ad nauseam, he begins his fearful dance over the rotting bridge. Yes! The idiot makes it.
I turned away in disgust, vowing never to watch that sissy and his show again. My question is: what has happened to the men in our America? Is this how John Wayne would have acted? Can you imagine John Wayne sitting on a rock and crying like a girl instead of busting his knuckles on the villain's chin to save the day? How about George Washington? Can you see him sitting on his mount, watching one of the many defeats his army will endure and crying instead of going forward in battle? What about those brave men of previous centuries who forged America with blood, muscle, heartache and personal loss? I can't imagine the men of forgone years acting like this sissy did. You may quarry: It was only a show. He's acting, for crying out loud...Just trying to entertain. Lighten up. I disagree (you knew I would).
This "man" sold his manhood to the producers and writers of his show for nothing more than a paycheck. This "man" has informed a young generation of future men that it is alright to be a sissy for cash. Have you ever wondered why men are becoming more like women (effeminate) and women are becoming more like men (masculine)? Maybe it's because we think it's alright. Maybe it's because of the shows we watch that promote such folly. I'm of the opinion that men should act like men and women should act like women. There is nothing wrong with being a woman. Similarly, there is nothing wrong with being a man. If we continue to emasculate our men through fools like Kevin James (Doug) and the media, what will be left? I think a more fitting name for the show is The Queen of Queens. That's my reflections.
Writestuff