…el blog de andrew…

When I read The Marlboro Man the first time I really focused on the paragraph that mentioned him as “Very GQ”.  Immediately, like Monica, I thought of the idea of what is now metrosexuality.  If that is not the correct word, what I am trying to say is a male that is “in touch” with things often related to females such as style, a certain level of hygiene, and a type of behavior that may be considered unmanly or at least neutral.

So the Marlboro Man, who is supposed to be THE symbol of masculinity and rugged cowboyishness and all of that is here dressed up like a doll and then later rumored to be prancing around naked.  Being pretty and dressing up is usually left to girls and the guys, especially this one, are supposed not care about their appearance.

The naked part made me wonder also, since the girl had mentioned that he was at the bar, that maybe he could not hold his liquor and was stripping and actin-a-fool because of that.  Holding your liquor is another type of “proving your manhood” and, if this was how Cisneros intended it, would also be emasculating him.