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Podcast: Different Spectrums Podcast ™️
Episode: Life's Cornbread and Ray's Boom Boom Room Scenes: A Portrayal of Masculinity and Vulnerability
Description: Today we process a scene from the movie Life, where they go to prison for a crime they did not commit (racism), and we capture a few of the scenes that have been stuck in our minds for years. The "are you going to eat your cornbread" scene can be used to look at men and masculinity. The boys have to prove themselves in prison so they are not seen as weak. Thus they act a fool and front like they are tougher than they really are. Ray gets his butt kicked right after that, then says he didn't...