"They listen to Joe Rogan and Jordan Peterson, explore neo-shamanism and long for a tribe..."
There is nothing more exciting on our surf-adjacent horizon than the new Nicolas Cage vehicle “The Surfer” which brought Cannes’ discerning audience to its feet and kept them there for six minutes. Its Irish director, Lorcan Finnegan, has crafted a rich, lush, sun burnt ode to Australia New Wave cinema of old and recently sat down with Variety in order to provide further insight into his vision.
He shared about how the film is not a “sexy” exploration of our favorite pastime but rather a tense and raw descent into madness. The interviewer, picking up on surfing’s gorgeous image versus what appears on screen, wondered about why everyone was so “aggressive and territorial.” Finnegan, wise, answered, “We talk about pain in this film, so they had to be mean to him. It’s a weird therapy he undergoes in order to find himself, but surf localism really does exist. And not just in Australia! A lot of surfing beaches tend to be in wealthy areas. You have bankers, CEOs, all these ‘strong’ guys who are confused about their masculinity and fall into a weird trap. They listen to Joe Rogan and Jordan Peterson, explore neo-shamanism and long for a tribe, which makes them vulnerable to ‘father figures’ like Scally, played by Julian McMahon. We had fun exploring it in the film.”
Oh.
Shoot.
Are you a “strong” guy confused about your masculinity and stuck in a weird trap?
An explorer of neo-shamanism and Joe Rogan listener?
Vulnerable to a father figure named Negatron?
Fairly damning, I guess.
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Perhaps its something to do with the water in Hawaii
We just all need to be open about why we are the way we are…then do nothing to improve it and keep being selfish peoples
https://youtube.com/shorts/…
Never! You found one…….
No prizes for second husso
Haha, name one smart surfer.
William Finnegan.
Wow looking at the comments when did surfing become low T. You all got your masks and vac. Don’t look at the women that is sexist. Jorden peterson a pretty smart dude but I bet you all prefer Biden …Trudeau and men surfing in Women’s events. The world laughs at my brother’s not with you.
Cookers gotta cook.
Amiright?
Xox
hmmmm, masculinity. Starts with a penis?
Lorcan Finnegan does Not surf.
and he’s making speculations (as fact), on surf culture?
Beyond hilarious!!
So you need to be an idiot to recognize an idiot?
Maybe that’s where I’m going wrong in life (apart from all the other parts), I don’t listen to all the man-casters to figure out out to express my inner bro-shithead enough.
I think I’m enough of an asshole day-to-day as it is, without them to be honest.
I sat down with my step-brother last month to to watch an MMA thing, and really did not get it. He was all involved (he used to train and do all that shit), but it left me cold. Apart from that he seems like a reasonably well thought-out guy (apart from working in advertising… but he makes a lot more money thatn me also, so…) but I guess we all have some dumb-ass in us.
Six minute standing ovation!! Wow, that’s about half the time the audience stood for the pedo’s film. It must be shit.
It literally means “Kiss my Ass”, it was the original name of the Pogues, but they had to shorten it when it became known what it meant
Rogan just sprukes shit like sticking mushies in your bumhole with aliens for health benefits.
Xox
That dude just described Yallingup to a “T” , and localism is actually pathetic in western Australia with the so called tough guy locals allowing surfing tourists to over run beaches and surf breaks from Denmark to Exmouth , tourists rule locals don’t in West Oz.
This guy may be more of a tool than the wework billionaire. At least he didn’t bring Joe Rogan into the mix.
Well, I wouldn’t necessarily say folks here are confused about their masculinity but there’s certainly some interesting coping going on
The discourse on women that at times resembles a group of 13 year olds playing ‘kill, fuck or marry’…
The ruthless and sustained attack on the cowardly Toledo, affirming the ultimate value of cojones…
The surprising prevalence of comments appreciating the male form, led by DR but carried forward by many others…
We would make an interesting case for online ethnographic study, that’s for sure.
anthropological study of derelicts
May I add;
The vitriol whenever gender normativity is the topic.
The numerous internet-tough-guy personas.
Homosexuality is the highest form of masculinity.
It sure is some gangsta shit. Raw dogging another guys bumhole. Maximum respect.
Xox
And Roses
Are they talking about Sasha again?
Mad at dad boys.
The Wake In Fright treatment of Australian (male) surf culture could only be seen as a logical artistic progression, with Puberty Blues as the somewhat naive peak of the narrative arc. Of course, Puberty Blues was written by women in an attempt to expose the ridiculous self-regard inherent in worthiness measured by prowess (real or imagined), and Rogan et al continue to sell this as a legitimate way for men-y-men to maintain a perceived mental equilibrium.
Jock Crawford would be proud.
Meh.
The artfag persona is just the bitwise inverse of the thug persona.
Why are the words “art” and “fag” tied together in the way you have seen as an appropriate descriptor of your referenced archetype? What is the intention of your meaning, here?
I didn’t make up the term or the archetype.
If you don’t know what it is, you might want to find out before it’s too late.
The Dead Milkmen didn’t invent it either, but used it in a song (the archetype and the term):
https://youtu.be/hVGhHdRZJZ…
Ah yes… but you used it in the context of this discussion – specifically- as a rejoinder to my comment . Just wondering what your intention is.
The Dead Milkman would have their own context, but I’d love to understand the connection with this reference
Joe from the DM is gay, and if you’re using that song, dripping with irony as it is, as justification to use homophobic language, then I hope you haven’t heard Kill Bob Seger.
Has it occurred to you that the Dead Milkmen aren’t the only people capable of irony?
You’re not the only intelligent person on earth, and you’re likely dumber than you think you are.
Your post history suggests that the statements you’ve made in this thread lack any irony whatsoever, so if you are suggesting that you are being ironic now, well, you sure are good at playing the long game.
You suppose that one can’t post something straight up serious and something with a lot more layers of humor and sarcasm to it?
This is why you come off as simple minded.
IRL I don’t suffer simple minded scolds whose only objective is to puff themselves up. This is how you come off.
Maybe you are, maybe you’re not, IRL. Again, I am not stupid enough to think you’re really your persona here. People are inauthentic for many reasons. Whatever.
At least you don’t resort to word salad, so that’s something.
“You suppose that one can’t post something straight up serious and something with a lot more layers of humor and sarcasm to it”
Of course *one* can, but the long hair of your “humour” doesn’t cover up your red neck. If you wanna make homophobic jokes in 2024, you might wanna admit to having a simple mind yourself.
The sleep out of calm mistreatment of non Australian (females)wakeboarding will not be seen as illogical football regression. I see what you’ve done there.Touche