Mansome

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Directed byMorgan Spurlock
Starring
Production
companies
Paladin
Dumbdumb
Electus
Warrior Poets
Mansome
Directed byMorgan Spurlock
Produced byBen Silverman
Will Arnett
Jason Bateman
Starring
Production
companies
Paladin
Dumbdumb
Electus
Warrior Poets
Distributed byMPI Home Video
Release date
  • April 21, 2012 (2012-04-21) (Tribeca Film Festival)
Running time
84 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Box office$18,395[1]

Mansome is a 2012 documentary film directed by Morgan Spurlock, and executive-produced by actors/comedians Will Arnett and Jason Bateman, and Electus founder Ben Silverman.

Mansome looks at male identity as it is expressed through grooming methods.

Definition of mansome

The term mansome is a neologism in popular culture. The documentary Mansome attempts to clarify exactly what makes a man "mansome".

To groom or not to groom

The film follows three men (in addition to Spurlock), each with completely different opinions on facial hair and the act of grooming.

  • Jack Passion is viewed by some as America's greatest beardsman, and is the only American to ever win first place at the German Beard and Moustache Championships. He is also a multiple world champion in the “Natural Full Beard” category. In Mansome, Passion expresses his belief that a man's natural state is to be bearded, and therefore should be embraced. He even goes so far as to say that those who are clean-shaven are stuck in perpetual boyhood.
  • In contrast, Ricky Manchanda is a fashion buyer who believes that proper grooming includes being clean-shaven and perfect. He gets his eyebrows threaded, is a proponent for moisturizing to avoid dry skin and wrinkles, and takes approximately an hour and a half to get ready in the morning.
  • Shawn Daivari, a pro wrestler, portrays the extreme grooming requirements imposed by his profession.

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