Transformation of a sport antihero on screen
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Paulina Korzeniewska
Institute of Neophilology, University of Zielona Góra
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7878-7956 Paulina Korzeniewska
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This article strives to follow through the transformation of sports antiheroes on screen. The material selected for analysis consists of three titles exploring and challenging a sports antihero (or antiheroine) given social and cultural circumstances, common stereotypes about their respective disciplines, gender expectations and the portrayal of athletic failure: a canonic biopic Raging Bull (1980) telling a story of a troubled boxer Jake La Motta, Daren Aronofsky’s story of a distorted and decayed image of masculinity, The Wrestler, and a recent hit Netflix show Queen’s Gambit on a genius chess player Elizabeth Harmon. I argue that the persona of a sports antihero on screen undergoes a thorough change; from flawed and brutal La Motta to troubled, yet intriguing and inspiring, Harmon.
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