Letters by Burk

Letters by Burk

Today’s Naturally Unobtainable Male Body Image

No, it’s not chicken breast, broccoli, and 3 hours of exercise a day that will get you there

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Burk
Jun 03, 2021
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Have you noticed the trend in Hollywood over the last two decades? I’m picturing a young Russell Crowe in “Gladiator” 2000. Brilliant. Powerful. Muscular. In today’s Hollywood though, he wouldn’t even be considered particularly muscular and he would have certainly had to look like Dwayne Johnson to play this role in 2021. Here’s the problem with that.

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