'Causeway' Explores Toxic Masculinity Through Its Protagonists
The message to take away from 'Causeway' is that toxic masculinity can manifest in anyone, no matter what their gender identity is.

Carola Brecker is a young writer in crisis. After leaving her husband Mickey, she is hired by the cultural gangster Al Gazarra to write 42 plays about the god Pan, to be staged by the excentric polish director Tadeusz Karkovski.
The message to take away from 'Causeway' is that toxic masculinity can manifest in anyone, no matter what their gender identity is.
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