'Magic Mike XXL' is profoundly different from the original, and that's why it works.
Magic Mike XXL is everything that the first Magic Mike film wasn’t. Audiences who walked into 2012’s original Magic Mike expecting a straightforward raunchy stripper comedy should have known better than to trust that Steven Soderbergh had something that simple up his sleeve. While there are plenty of amusing moments throughout Magic Mike, the film felt closer in tone to 1970s character dramas than something like Striptease or Rough Night.
While the first Magic Mike was interested in the real-world ramifications of the economic crisis, it wasn’t exploitive of male sexuality; in fact, the community that Mike finds among his fellow strippers is the only sense of purpose that he finds in his difficult life. Magic Mike XXL then celebrates these men for their creativity, comradery, and compassion as they use their skills to spread joy and become tighter as a unit.
The “Pony” dance is essential in establishing the film’s goal, and explaining the plotlessness. Magic Mike XXL is a film about constantly topping the last spectacle; ironically, the film was released the same summer as Mad Max: Fury Road, a similar sequel in which constant momentum and increasing spectacle is more important than having an intricate plot. Each new location that the Kings of Tampa stop by offers them a new chance to show off their craft.
'Magic Mike XXL' Avoids Tired Toxic Masculinity Tropes Although the film relies on the crew constantly topping their last performance, it doesn’t turn into an overtly competitive environment in which these men are bickering amongst themselves. In fact, they’re only trying to work together stronger as a unit, and so there’s more importance in working out their differences in order to make the collective group stronger.
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