The Gerard Butler Paradox: Why do women like Gerard Butler? Gerard Butler is not conventionally attractive. Gerard Butler is not talented. Gerard Butler is not actually even that funny. However, Gerard Butler is MANLY. Yes, with capital letters. He is muscular in the way that men who work out but also drink a lot of beer are muscular. He is dirty (see Brad Pitt Rule). He is offensive (think frat boy), he is promiscuous and dickish with a "heart of gold" (think Barney Stinson), and he's just MANLY.
The Morgan Freeman Principle: Everything sounds like a parable when Morgan Freeman says it.
Action Hero Formula: Action heroes + more action heroes = cool guys not looking at explosions.
The Samuel L. Jackson Limit: Every actor has a subjective screen-time limit. For some, it is five minutes (see: Samuel L. Jackson). For some, it's nigh-infinite (see: Bruce Willis).
The Dame Governance: Any woman with the title of "Dame" in a film or television show makes everyone else look like a tool.
The Betty White Dilemma: Old ladies swearing and being offensive will leave you torn between amusement and horror.
Ginger Birthright: In before "soulless" joke.
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