We use the term 'everyman' when we really mean male, white, Christian, physically able, mentally stable, financially sound and essentially kind. Honestly, how 'typical' is that?
If I hear the term “everyman” one more time, I am going to scream. Loudly, on the street and repeatedly. Naked and with drums, if that is what it takes to kick the term out of the cultural lexicon.
According to Webster’s, “everyman” is “the typical or ordinary person.” We can pause right there to note that the term is obviously and exclusively male and has no feminine counterpart, because, apparently, when we are describing “the typical or ordinary person” we mean a man even though the majority of people living on this planet are women.
The biggest problem with the term, however, especially as it is applied to Hanks, is not demographic but spiritual. Any actor who can embody Walt Disney, Fred Rogers and Forrest Gump cannot be said to specialize in “everyman.” Hanks has certainly played characters that fit with the traditional imperfect-but-struggling-toward-grace definition of the term — Joe Fox in “You’ve Got Mail,” Charlie Wilson in “Charlie Wilson’s War,” even Ben Bradlee in “The Post.
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