As The Whale soaks up awards, we look back at the director’s 2008 mediation on how we navigate life’s disappointments
The Whale
As the popularity of professional wrestling waned, Randy, now in his late fifties, refused to adapt, demonstrating a stubbornness that is all too common – and tragic – in men. It is through his exploration of this that director Darren Aronofsky crafted one of his finest films and his most shocking exploration of broken masculinity to date.
This content is imported from YouTube. You may be able to find the same content in another format, or you may be able to find more information, at their web site. He’s a man play-acting, both in the ring and out of it. Clad in spandex, he pretends he still has the vitality of a man 20 years his junior – even when a man 20 years his junior is spraying him in the eyes with bug spray or attacking him with a nail gun. Randy may battle through, but the pills he requires to do so are slowly killing him.
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