What The Green Mile (1999) Can Teach Men about Masculinity
The Green Mile is an adaptation from Stephen King's novel of the same title. Whenever I hear about the atrocities men commit to women, children, and each other, I watch this movie to heal. I watched it again to get over the R@PE ACADEMY reports. Now, I want to show men what they can be: GOOD. Maybe I could show men that hurting women - the women of your home in a vast, organized way, teaching each other how to not get caught is neither brave nor masculine. 1. John Coffey (the late Michael Clarke Duncan) John is alleged to have r@ped and murdered 2 girl children and is a prisoner on death row - he's huge, very muscular - but not violent. Slowly, the prison guards on the green mile discover his mysterious powers, learn of his innocence, and work to do him justice. Not only John has miraculous powers to cure people, he can also bring the dead to life - provided he does it immediately after death - as he does to Mr Jingles, another prisoner's pet mouse. John had been tryi...