
The pursuit of physical beauty is intimately associated with cinematic narrative. As we move further into modernity and media changes the way we consume things, bodybuilding has long since impacted not only screen visuals for the eye candy, but the stories they tell. In this essay we delve into bodybuilding and its cinema-muscle intertwined history—how muscularity has come to represent not just power but transfiguration, too. The Rise of Silver screen Muscleheads Bodybuilding’s relationship with film dates to the heyday of Hollywood. Mid-twentieth century cinema was blessed with the presence...
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