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Saw a "masculinity expert" on Twitter describe the typical male marathon runner's body as "low T" and thus should be avoided. But this was exactly the physique of a 28-year-old Gary Cooper in the 1929 film "Wolf Song." Like Brando, Cooper also represented a form of ideal 20th century masculinity.
Interesting to see this 1947 test screen with Marlon Brando for the film "Rebel Without a Cause." Brando, of course, would later epitomize mid-century American masculinity. He was 23-years-old here.
Our conception of masculinity is always contextual to the time, shaped by both historical and contemporary culture. Today's "uber-masculine" men are much more shouty with a deep voice and He-Man physique. IMO, a product of our digital age and gender anxieties.
