The Representation of Toxic Masculinity in the "Do Revenge" Movie

Abstract

Toxic masculinity is a social condition created by society in which
men can't express their feelings, and they shouldn't cry and be weak
otherwise, they will be violating the norm, that's because they can't
express their feelings; they use violence, emphasizes power,
discrimination against gender in general. Netflix's movie entitled Do
Revenge present an american teenager with some problems in their
life, and it presents the character that represents the behavior of toxic
masculinity named Max Broussard. This study used the theory of
toxic masculinity by Kupers (2001) to identify how Max's character
represents toxic masculinity in the movie. The qualitative method
with a case study approach was the primary methodology of this
research. The researcher gathered the data by watching the movie,
reviewing earlier studies, and concentrating on the language and the
scene that addressed either direct or indirect toxic masculinity issues.
Previous research has not specifically classified various forms of
toxic masculinity, such as misogyny, greed, homophobia, and violent
domination, within the context of character behavior in the movie.
Therefore, the novelty of this research lies in the more detailed
classification of the forms of toxic masculinity that emerge in the
character of Max in the movie "Do Revenge". The results of the study
showed that the character represents toxic masculinity in the movie
with 13 scenes and 15 dialogue data in the form of misogyny with the
criteria hatred towards women, aggressive, likes to organize women,
greed with the motive of sex, and violent domination with the
category control, intimidation, and bullying