Fences

    When do the benefits of a powerful father figure become dwarfed by the detrimental effects of the very same powerful father figure? The film "Fences", the name of the play the movie was adapted from, is focalized through Troy's point of view as a black man with his wife and son who is becoming a young adult, Corey. 

In this picture, Rose has just figured out Troy had

an affair with another woman, and that woman is 

having a child.

Here, Corey just asked why Troy doesn't like him.

Troy responds that he doesn't need to like him and

makes a generalization that people aren't going to 

like him, but they better do right by him.

Fences' core conflict centers around a mother striving to keep dreams (options?) alive for her son who is on the verge of manhood, and a father who is almost hellbent on making sure these 'delusions' (distractions?) don't get in the way of his son being able to make his way through the world.

    How does the line "Some people build fences to keep people out, and other people build fences to keep people in." explore masculinity through metaphor?

    What picture does this trailer paint of masculinity in both it's youthful and doddering forms?