Stalone

Reading the interview of Sylvester Stalone by Susan Faludi was very intersting to me. I was a huge fan of the early Rocky and Rambo movies because they were amazing, action-packed thrill rides. Stalone was the "American male" with the badass attitude and the body to back it up. I found it very interesting to read the comparison between Stalone in real life and the actualy characters that he plays. Stalone says things about how he was only seen as a body because of the movies he had done and he wanted to be taken seriouisly as an actor and as a person. My immediate reaction to that was that that was bullshit. He was the one who decided to make those movies and present himself in that way. It is unfair to assume other people would see him otherwise after such iconic movies as Rocky and Rambo. After reading on though, I discovered how torn Stalone was from these movies and how much they had taken a toll on him both physically and emotionally. It seemed that Stalone had come to the realization that if he wanted to be seen differently in the eyes of the public, he first had to see himself differently. It was at this time in the reading that my perspective changed and I realized the toroture that he must have gone through. To not only prove to the public but also himself that he was not a meat-head must have been so hard. The article talked about how his whole life was consumed by his body that there was nothing left for him to even remember. This article shows how the expectations of society have changed so much throughout one mans lifetime. Stalone went from being a brainless body to a concerned individual and I think that is because society as a whole, refused to see him as anything else. Much like how when we see pretty models in a magazine, we judge them simply based on their looks but as we can see from this article, there is a lot more to their lifestyle.