2.The part where Big Dick Richie (Joe Manganiello) finds his soul.
When the team discovers Big Dick Richie hates dancing as a sexy fireman because he’s scared of fire, the other strippers don’t mock him. They step in and encourage him to dance from his soul, because he’s not being true to himself.
What follows is the best few minutes of Joe Manganiello’s entire acting career, set to Backstreet Boys.
(I should probably note that the strippers are all high on molly when they collectively decide to throw out their costumes and find their soul dances, but I believe their hearts are so squishy they’d do this sober, too.)
Spoiler: Big Dick Richie’s FROM THE SOUL dance? Is one where he plays a groom. A man who can admit he’s afraid of fire but is fine with commitment? Ugh, stop reading my dream journal, Magic Mike XXL.
3.The part where Tarzan (Kevin Nash) admits he’s sad he doesn’t have anyone to come home to.
Older single women are spinsters. What’s the word for older single men? Bachelors. Society doesn’t deride men for never getting married the way they do women (indeed, the word “bachelor” is kinda admiring, no?), and it also doesn’t leave much room for older men to express regret over missing out on marriage and kids. But in Magic Mike XXL, all feelings are valid and good.
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Hear, hear! I concur with your assessment. MMXXL is, by far, the better of the two movies. I've screened it several times for friends.