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A MAN'S WORLD
To The Best of Our Knowledge
from Wisconsin Public Radio
Masculinity is back. The side of masculinity that
stayed home and watched TV during the feminist revolution enjoys
The Man Show on Comedy Central reveling in beer and babes, while
Hooters is a commonplace chain across the country. In this hour
of To the Best of Our Knowledge, is the macho man back in
style? Also, a trip to Massillon, Ohio, the town where every baby
boy gets the same gift - a football. America's obsession with sports,
close up.
SEGMENT 1:
Doug Stanhope replaced Jimmy Kimmel as the
host of "The Man Show." He tells Steve Paulson that
the show is a dumb joke on men that no one should take seriously.
Richard Goldstein, executive editor of the Village Voice,
is appalled by the rampant chauvinism of popular culture. He tells
Anne Strainchamps that the "bitch-slapping" of gangster
rap and the icon status of Eminem display men's discomfort with
women's growing power. He says it also accounts for the election
of George Bush and the rise of fundamentalism.
SEGMENT 2:
Benjamin Cavell is the author of a book of
short stories called "Rumble Young Man, Rumble." Cavell
reads a bit from a story called "The Ropes" - about
an injured boxer - and talks with Steve Paulson about violence
and masculinity. Also, Steve Jones is a geneticist at London's
University College. His new book is "Y: The Descent of Man."
Jones tells Jim Fleming that biologically men, who have a Y chromosome,
are the second sex. Many species are entirely female, but having
males adds the advantage of genetic diversity.
SEGMENT 3:
Massilon, Ohio considers itself the birthplace of
football. The whole town is obsessed with the town's high school
team, the Tigers. Kenneth Carlson was a Tiger and made
a documentary film called "Go Tigers!" He tells Anne
Strainchamps about his film, his team and his town, and the year
the school tax levy was on the line. And we hear clips from the
film.
Cassette copies are available
at 1-800-747-7444. Ask for program number 03-09-28-A.
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Books & Films:
- Steve Jones, Y: the Descent of Men - Revealing
the Mysteries of Maleness (Houghton Mifflin)
- A Kenneth A. Carlson film: Go Tigers! Massillon,
Ohio, Where they Live, Breathe and Eat Football (Docurama)
- DVD
Music:
- ~Eye of the Tiger - Remix/ Eminem and Shagy
- ~I Need a Hero (Jan Wayne Remix)/ Anaconda/ Sony
International
- ~Fight Club Theme/ Dust Brothers/ Soundtrack to
Fight Club/BMG International
- ~Manly Men/ Army of Darkness Soundtrack - Danny
Elfman/ Varese Records
- ~Tiger Rag
Distribution dates:
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be addressed to: flemingj@wpr.org
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