Think About This

"But Fight Club isn't saying something as simple and inane as men are pussies. It's not a dumb jock statement of  being a 'man.' Rather, it shows how through the alienation of social institutions, and the de-masculination of culture, the rugged individualist is rare. How to tap into being a man, fast? 'Punch me as hard as you can.'

And watching Fight Club, ten years later, with all  that we have available to us, it seems even more prescient. For better and often for worse, we've become even more disconnected from ourselves. And even more narcissistic. People text, they twitter, they communicate online instead of talk on the phone or in person. They create alternate identities and pretend to be tough in, of all places, chat rooms, and blogs. Can you imagine a flame war in a biker bar?  It's no surprise [director David] Fincher's now making a movie about the social networking site Facebook. Tyler Durden would now be a viral creation."

-Kim Morgan [L&R]