Monday, April 30, 2012

Rugged


 Image:1 Charles Bronson the classic ruggedly handsome

Image:2 Jack Palance, an equally ruggedly handsome toughie
(Picture Credit: Google images)

Ruggedly handsome
Many Hollywood actors
Fit the bill before

Do we spy them now?
There are around, a few shone
So also softies

Midnight Cowboy and
Brokeback Mountain played a hand?
The signs of the times

Manifestations
Of wide liberal thinking
For, to each his own

Written for d'Verse OpenLinkNights week #42,  Real Toads OpenLinkMonday and Poetry Pantry #98
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21 comments:

  1. UnknownApril 30, 2012 at 9:39 PM

    Interesting piece. I like the connections you made here. Pretty special for me actually. My father and I have completely different tastes in movies and I mean completely, except growing up we had a few in common, the Eastwood westerns and Dirty Harry films and the Death Wish films and anything else with Charlie Bronson in them. Had forgot all about those films until now, I think i'll have to mention them to my dad again, see if he wants to pop in a dvd. Thanks

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  2. hedgewitchApril 30, 2012 at 9:50 PM

    An interesting one, Hank. Most actors now days are very far from rugged, and I know I sound old when I say this, but I can't tell most of them apart, and the women much the same. Sean Bean is the last sort of rugged type I can think of and he's pretty old now too.

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  3. kaykualaApril 30, 2012 at 11:22 PM

    Fred,
    It brought back memories,certainly. Lord of the Rings,Axiata and other sci-fi have loads of screen effects. But they are dressed in garbs that hide the ruggedness. Sort of defeat the aura of the rugged hero. Yes,DVD of the oldies, the right answer. May not be in 3D though!

    Hank

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  4. kaykualaApril 30, 2012 at 11:30 PM

    Absolutely, Joy! They're not sissy but their roles and the type of stories make them look softies. And, yes, they look alike, we can't tell one from the other. Their likeness are forgotten upon leaving the show unlike that of Charles Bronson that lingers for generations.

    Hank

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  5. kaykualaApril 30, 2012 at 11:32 PM

    Fred and Joy,
    Thanks for having taken time for longer comments!

    Hank

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  6. DaydreamertooMay 1, 2012 at 2:29 AM

    Jack Palance always got to play the bad guy just because of those looks.
    Yes, some memories here too :)

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  7. Brian MillerMay 1, 2012 at 3:08 AM

    and rutger haeur...there is def a group of actors that is now aging that carried a very solid image of men, in their rugged best...and i agree with hedge the image has much changed these days...

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  8. Dave KingMay 1, 2012 at 3:33 AM

    You sure do put the Haiku form to many uses. Very ingenious.

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  9. SemaphoreMay 1, 2012 at 3:34 AM

    Inteqresting observation; and equally interesting would be to see where the stereotypical damsel-in-distress has gone to in movies.

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  10. ClaudiaMay 1, 2012 at 8:48 AM

    when i look at my son, who's 19 now then i realize how much has changed during those last maybe 20 years...he shaves his chest hair for example..generally i would say that the image of the modern man is softer than it was...but i'm sure it will change again in a few years...just like everything

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  11. Kay L. DaviesMay 1, 2012 at 8:59 AM

    You've sure brought back some memories here, Hank. I always loved Charles Bronson, and Jack Palance was such a convincing bad guy that I didn't like him at all. LOL
    I wonder if I could convince my husband to watch some of the old movies with me.
    Thanks for the memories, Hank, and Fred for the idea of the DVDs.
    K

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  12. Pat HattMay 1, 2012 at 9:24 AM

    Yeah there is nothing like these guys around anymore. They are all pretty boy types that you just want to smack upside the head.

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  13. Al-ManarMay 1, 2012 at 10:12 AM

    This is one of those we have in common, the rugged past - even our life as children without the fear of leeches and mosquitos.

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  14. Laurie KolpMay 1, 2012 at 3:52 PM

    That last verse packs a punch, Hank!

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  15. ScarletMay 1, 2012 at 4:56 PM

    Rugged actors nowadays are so few in between. Nowadays its more like pretty and sexy guys ~

    Happy day to you Hank ~

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  16. ayalaMay 1, 2012 at 5:16 PM

    Interesting write, Hank. Things have changed through the years and they continue to change :) who knows ...what's next :)

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  17. HerotomostMay 1, 2012 at 6:22 PM

    Two of my faces...they sure don't make them like they used to, but there are a few modern day tough guys I still like, but the world has changed as a whole and its tougher to find a hero then it used to be. Great work.

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  18. AnonymousMay 2, 2012 at 3:52 AM

    Yes--an interesting idea. I'm not sure if it's liberalism or a kind of youth worship that gives us so many baby-faces! And many definitely don't age well! k.

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  19. Jannie FunsterMay 2, 2012 at 6:30 AM

    Clint Eastwood!! He's the one rugged movie dude I like.

    And I like Hank too -- rugged in the garden, and a wonderful poet and friend.

    xo

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  20. sheilaMay 2, 2012 at 7:29 AM

    definitely a lot more pretty boys these days (I blame it on the boy bands - ha ha)

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  21. vivinfranceMay 2, 2012 at 11:07 AM

    Yes, to each of us his own: I never did go for the hunky type of hero. I preferred them a bit softer.

    http://vivinfrance.wordpress.com/2012/05/02/a-rather-early-six-word-saturday/

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