Fame can bring two things with it—pride and insecurity. As the saying goes, the higher you fly, the greater the fear of falling.Only some are lucky to have their fame outlive them. The rest are aware of its ephemerality, but it’s impossible to ever imagine ourselves in that misfortune. Randy “The Ram” (Micky Rourke) knew it too, and when the time came, he faced his end like the champion he was in the ring. His four words, “I’m still standing here,” might be the most devastating line in The Wrestler. Let’s examine these words and the Ram’s monologue right before his last fight to understand how it's a notable moment of heroism in movie history.To Give You a Little Context Randy “The Ram” Robinson is a fading wrestler who once ruled the ring. There was a time when he was the face of the sport, but now, he’s becoming more and more irrelevant. Money is tight, and he doesn’t have anyone. He sacrificed everything for wrestling. At 50, he hangs in between, unfit for the ring and nothing without it. The Ram tries to fight it out his own way, but he soon realizes that his time as the champion and a celebrity wrestler is over.Alone and desperate, he even tries to reunite with his estranged daughter, but fails her miserably once again when he is a no-show at a dinner. Meanwhile, his health has declined such that he must never go back to the ring.Lost and found, he takes...
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