“Hitting Below the Belt”
“Hitting Below the Belt”
Violence, Suffering, and Male Emotion
This chapter examines violence in the boxing film, arguing that though an entertainment, the boxing film portrays suffering as central to experience. The genre also highlights conflicts between righteous anger and powerlessness, as well as the dilemmas posed by the tension between emotional discipline and sensitivity. The analysis includes films such as City for Conquest (1940), From Here to Eternity (1953), Somebody Up There Likes Me (1956), and Fat City (1972).
Keywords: boxing film genre, American boxing films, violence, American popular culture, righteous anger, powerlessness, emotional discipline, sensitivity
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