Many of us grow up being told--by our dads, our older brothers, our coaches--that we shouldn't cry, and that if we do we certainly shouldn't admit to it. That's bullshit, obviously.
As a cynical teenager I once sat on a bench at the National Zoo and counted fat people.
After all the ink that has been spilled over the storytelling brilliance of Mad Men, it sounds like a cliché to say it is that great. But it is. Don is a character, but he is a character written for me and about a million other guys.
I firmly believe that "goodness" is like faith--I shouldn't tell you what yours should look like, and you shouldn't tell me what mine should look like.
Men who have wronged have been forced to see the truth of their situation, and are left with nothing to protect because the edifice of false manhood has been stripped from them.
Tom Matlack talks manhood, fatherhood, sexuality (and profanity!) with David Kohan, whose new show, $#*! My Dad Says premieres tonight on CBS.
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