is Rocky Balboa liberal or conservative? He inspired millions of people to go the
distance, so what is the ideology that he's conveying that caused all of this
motivation? Back in 1976, a small, independent film about a boxer was
released and not only went on to win best picture at the Academy Awards, it
introduced us to what would become an iconic cinematic hero: Rocky Balboa. Hi, my
name is Rocky Balboa, the Italian Stallion. They say I'm an American dream,
but not because... can I do it over again? Many beloved sequels to the film have
been generated over the decades since and are still being produced to this day,
and with a statue in Philadelphia to cement his legacy, Rocky Balboa is
without a doubt one of the greatest characters ever. Is this a common
training method, I mean do other fighters pound raw meat? No I think I invented it.
Sylvester Stallone created a character that would go on to inspire millions of
people out there to work hard and to not give up. We all know that film has
the power to influence people to think and behave in certain ways, and since
Rocky Balboa's influence can clearly be seen, I think it's important if we find
out if he's more ideologically liberal or more conservative? You want to know? I want to know! Okay, I'm gonna tell you! To assess a
character's ideology we're gonna need to focus on three key elements which is
personality, motive, and arc. Now to me, politics is boring and lame, so I'm only gonna
be focusing on the ideology of being liberal or conservative but for anybody
out there who wants to pick a fight with me anyway, well go for it. Personality.
Rocky Balboa is from the streets of Philly and born with Italian descent
hence the nickname the Italian Stallion. Look it's the name: The Italian Stallion.
His most recognizable characteristic is his slurred speech and how he likes to
start every sentence with Yo. Yo. Yo. His persona as an everyman is well known to
those he comes into contact with on the streets but he also seems to get a
little respect even from his best friend Paulie. And I don't raise you to go with this
scum bug! I love how the villain from the first movie eventually becomes a better
friend to Rocky than Paulie ever was.
Maybe too friendly? Now aside from some poor career choices in the first film,
Rocky is a good-hearted man who ironically actually likes to avoid
conflict with others. Rocky got anything derogatory to say about the champ? Yeah,
he's great. The first truly decent person that comes in a Rocky's life is his love
interest in later wife Adrian. His undying love for her is a focal point
throughout the series as they support each other through every obstacle. His
polite and friendly attitude with even some of the worst people makes him more
of a reserved character and once you add that with his unbreakable love for only
one woman, I'm gonna say that his personality is more conservative. Motive.
Rocky is a fighter in more ways than one as we watch him try to make something of
himself in every film. His motivation to succeed stems from a background of
always being looked at as a bum and wanting to prove that he is something
more, and he usually does succeed thanks to a lot of motivational one-liners that
you could probably use for going to the gym.
Let's do it tomorrow. There is not tomorrow!
Don't stop it now! You don't stop! All your strength! All your power! All your love! Everything you got!
Thanks to the support of his wife and coaches, he is able to find the strength
to push through those grueling workout montages because he firmly believes
there is no substitute for hard work and getting the results you want.
He even results to some old-school training habits that we probably
wouldn't recommend. Cook them first. Rocky's motivation is to prove himself
worthy and he believes in putting himself through rigorous workouts to get
the results while at the same time promoting personal responsibility. Now if
you know what you're worth then go out and get what you're worth, but you gotta be
willing to take the hits, and not pointing fingers saying you ain't where
you wanna be because of him or her or anybody. To me, that's an old-school
conservative principle so I'm gonna say the motive is a little more conservative.
Arc. Over the course of soon-to-be eight films, Rocky has gone from a small-time
bum to a rich and famous heavyweight boxing champion and then to a depressing
has-been old guy, but don't worry Stallone looks like he's in good enough
shape to make another eight movies. In every film Rocky's sense of
accomplishment is dependent on the plot of whichever film you're watching but it
also kind of seems as though every film is touching on the same themes of family,
fear, working hard, and not giving up. We watch Rocky overcome his opponents by
taking the hits over, and over, and over again, until we essentially realize that we
learned the same thing here as we did in the last film. But hey I'm not
complaining when they're this entertaining... except for Rocky 5, that one
stinks. That's right, it stinks! Even some of the later films give Rocky something to
fight against even when he's presumably too old to get into the ring. I
might be oversimplifying this a little bit but the only thing that separates
the conflicts between all the movies is time. I mean it has been over 40 years
since the original and Rocky has clearly been through a lot of ups and downs in
his life but in the end, he's still climbing those steps and fighting the
good fight. So considering Rocky is the same guy we meet in every film, I'm gonna
say that his arc is conservative. And it looks like it's gonna be a knockout with
a final score of 0 to 3, I'm pretty confident that Rocky Balboa is more
conservative. The man represents somebody who fights to make something of himself
and to me that's a traditional American ideology. But enough about all that let's
watch more of that training montage so we can all get pumped!
This is just my opinion so if you agree or disagree let me know in the comments.
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