Is Obama the archetype for a man or for an icon? I would say that he is more of an icon. I feel like a "man" is more identified by his actions than his words. Not saying Obama isn't a man but it is hard to have an opinion of him until I see more of his actions. I actually think Kanye West has done more to identify himself as a man than Barack Obama.
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Esquire used to be so cool. Is it me, or were there more iconic men for them to cover back then? Ali, Dylan, Malcolm, Fidel, JFK? Fuggedaboutit.
ReplyDeleteWhere are men like this now? Who do we have? Bono? Kanye? At least we have Obama.
Is Obama the archetype for a man or for an icon? I would say that he is more of an icon. I feel like a "man" is more identified by his actions than his words. Not saying Obama isn't a man but it is hard to have an opinion of him until I see more of his actions. I actually think Kanye West has done more to identify himself as a man than Barack Obama.
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