Media's the corner stone of role models

Interestingly, last night I ended up watching the movie Role Models with my boyfriend… not exactly my type of movie, but he enjoyed it. For those of you who haven’t seen it- it’s about two men who are court-ordered to volunteer at “Sturdy Wings”, where they are matched up with a kid (their ‘little’) and they spend quality time with them. All in all it’s not a thinker movie, but we’re discussing role models and that movie is fresh in my mind, deeper things can actually be found. I like how they chose to use ordinary people to be the role models for these kids. In past blogs it was said how Barbie or famous people have been set on a pedestal to be role models, but in reality it is the people that we see every day that truly affect us. However, the whole movie isn’t like that. One of the role models mentions the band Kiss that plays a role in the movie as well. Kiss influences one of the final scenes in the movie and forms a bond between one of the mentors and his little. So, I may be going off on a limb—since it wasn’t that deep of a movie, but can any role model exist without the influence of the media?