The Masculinity Lessons of "Father and Gun"
Save this story for later. With the film âFather and Gun,â Ted Griswold was less interested in making a political point about guns than in exploring the ways that they connect to the performance of maleness. When the filmmaker Ted Griswold was around nine or ten years old, his father took him to an outdoor shooting range in upstate New York. Griswold didnât fire a gun that day, but he remembers standing next to his father and watching as he shot. âIt was the first time I ever heard my ears ringing,â Griswold told me. The noise seemed to last for a long time, but Gr...