"Speed Langworthy’s song 'We Men Must Grow a Mustache' comically reflects one public desire for more manly men," writes Mary Katherine Killeen, "The cartoon man depicted on the sheet music cover is especially relevant because he highlights the performative nature of the masculine image. The illustrated character is depicted with his chest so inflated that his posture has hollowed his back, and his overly groomed manner of dress and style satirize the attempts of a Dandy affecting a more masculine image by growing a mustache." So what I’d like for you to explain when you write is this—how “modern” were Americans in their thinking, was the reaction typified by "We Men Must Grow a Mustache" similar to the one represented by the art of John Held?
"Speed Langworthy’s song 'We Men Must Grow a Mustache' comically reflects one public desire for more manly men," writes Mary Katherine Killeen, "The cartoon man depicted on the sheet music cover is especially relevant because he highlights the performative nature of the masculine image. The illustrated character is depicted with his chest so inflated that his posture has hollowed his back, and his overly groomed manner of dress and style satirize the attempts of a Dandy affecting a more masculine image by growing a mustache."
So what I’d like for you to explain when you write is this—how “modern” were Americans in their thinking, was the reaction typified by "We Men Must Grow a Mustache" similar to the one represented by the art of John Held?
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