These two do not fit at all into what is called the “Act-Like-a-man” box from the article “The ‘Act-Like-a-Man’ Box”. This box represents what a masculine men needs to be like. They are intimidating, tough, have sex with women, and much more. However, when watching Seth and Evan in Superbad, they seem to fit the descriptions on the outside of the box. Nerds, wimps, teased, isolated, rejected, etc. Although, in the end Seth and Evan achieve their goals of landing it with two girls from there high school, Jules and Becca. They move on from each other, still friends, but now both have their own romantic relationships. Seth is with Jules, and Evan is with Becca. After deeply analyzing the characters in Superbad, Becca and Jules are almost female versions of Seth and Evan. For example, despite Seth's desire to drunkenly hook up with Jules, it turns out that Jules isn't that type of girl. She doesn't drink and doesn't seem interested in hooking up. Similarly, despite Evan's desires to tell Becca how he feels, she
These two do not fit at all into what is called the “Act-Like-a-man” box from the article “The ‘Act-Like-a-Man’ Box”. This box represents what a masculine men needs to be like. They are intimidating, tough, have sex with women, and much more. However, when watching Seth and Evan in Superbad, they seem to fit the descriptions on the outside of the box. Nerds, wimps, teased, isolated, rejected, etc. Although, in the end Seth and Evan achieve their goals of landing it with two girls from there high school, Jules and Becca. They move on from each other, still friends, but now both have their own romantic relationships. Seth is with Jules, and Evan is with Becca. After deeply analyzing the characters in Superbad, Becca and Jules are almost female versions of Seth and Evan. For example, despite Seth's desire to drunkenly hook up with Jules, it turns out that Jules isn't that type of girl. She doesn't drink and doesn't seem interested in hooking up. Similarly, despite Evan's desires to tell Becca how he feels, she