![]() And what, after all, is wrong with offering up a fictional character as such as an example to emulate? It is also true that Jesus was not always-or even fundamentally-a “nice guy.” He did exhibit qualities like aggression and anger when confronted with hypocrisy. Neither are men’s responses to films like Braveheart necessarily illegitimate as evidence: we can always learn a great deal about a culture from the stories its members create and to which they respond most positively. Eldredge does have a point in both cases: it’s probably true that many men respond positively to films like Braveheart and wish to feel more like an action hero than a bureaucrat. Eldredge suggests, essentially, that while Christ might be a gentle, Mother Theresa-type figure to the oppressed and disadvantaged, he is more like Wallace toward the pharisaic and hypocritical (22-5). ![]() For another, Eldredge uses Wallace as a figure that embodies the more aggressive, adventurous, and iconoclastic qualities exhibited by Jesus in the gospels. ![]() Eldredge points to this kind of reaction to Braveheart and other typical “guy movies” ( Gladiator, The Bridge on the River Kwai, Shane, to name a few other examples) as evidence of what men, deep down, really desire. Real Men Wear Kilts: The Function of William Wallace in Wild at HeartĮldredge uses the figure of Wallace most overtly in two ways: For one, he cites Braveheart several times as a film to which men typically respond positively, and the Wallace character as a figure that many men wish to be like. ![]()
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