Interesting Hollywood Reporter article on how current animated films are taking on traditional “toxic-masculinity” roles in such films as Into The Spiderverse, Ralph Breaks the Internet and the Lego Movie 2. I quibble with some of what the writer talks about and in fact, I’d argue that she misses the point about what these traditional stories are attempting to explore. In many ways these movies are just  old wine in new bottles and are doing so in a pretty obvious ‘of the moment’ virtue-signalling way but it’s a good starting point for discussions about what makes a ‘good man’. MORE