Your short history lesson: Duke Nukem 3D was an awesome game back in the day that made a name for itself by being an over-the-top parody of macho men with guns. (toy-tma.com)
Gary Indiana invokes a notorious Cuban prison, in photographs of macho men and in a glowing curved wall, which stands for Jeremy Bentham's «panopticon.» (haberarts.com)
Expendables 2 is a big, loud, violent pastiche that plays with macho man ambiance while still staying faithful to what it's mocking. (screenpicks.com)