Male Football Comedy. A Reappraisal of Traditional, Declassed, Toxic Masculinity. Ted Lasso as an Improved Continuation of British Television Sports Series
This research focuses on UK television sports sit-coms (2002-2023), which we propose to name as 'male football comedy', and their depiction of declassed male characters in the so-called masculinity crisis. It investigates the causes of the comic portrayal of men in professional and person...
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This research focuses on UK television sports sit-coms (2002-2023), which we propose to name as 'male football comedy', and their depiction of declassed male characters in the so-called masculinity crisis. It investigates the causes of the comic portrayal of men in professional and personal failure, leading to toxic masculinity, in contrast to the cliché of the 'bossy woman'. The various productions portray class difference and, more specifically, the abyss between elite soccer and the working class. It is concluded that the subgenre and its somehow inherent toxic masculinity have been maintained, criticised and at the same time legitimised, and that US TV series Ted Lasso, belonging to the same subgenre, constitutes a conciliatory proposal for a better relationship between genders.
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| spelling | doaj-art-c74de22d0aae49b0a34bfe271536e3092024-11-29T22:22:59ZengUniversidad Complutense de MadridHistoria y Comunicación Social1137-07341988-30562024-11-0129210.5209/hics.95463Male Football Comedy. A Reappraisal of Traditional, Declassed, Toxic Masculinity. Ted Lasso as an Improved Continuation of British Television Sports SeriesAnna Tous Rovirosa0Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona This research focuses on UK television sports sit-coms (2002-2023), which we propose to name as 'male football comedy', and their depiction of declassed male characters in the so-called masculinity crisis. It investigates the causes of the comic portrayal of men in professional and personal failure, leading to toxic masculinity, in contrast to the cliché of the 'bossy woman'. The various productions portray class difference and, more specifically, the abyss between elite soccer and the working class. It is concluded that the subgenre and its somehow inherent toxic masculinity have been maintained, criticised and at the same time legitimised, and that US TV series Ted Lasso, belonging to the same subgenre, constitutes a conciliatory proposal for a better relationship between genders. https://revistas.ucm.es/index.php/HICS/article/view/95463footballtoxic masculinitysocial classBritish sports fiction |
| spellingShingle | Anna Tous Rovirosa Male Football Comedy. A Reappraisal of Traditional, Declassed, Toxic Masculinity. Ted Lasso as an Improved Continuation of British Television Sports Series Historia y Comunicación Social football toxic masculinity social class British sports fiction |
| title | Male Football Comedy. A Reappraisal of Traditional, Declassed, Toxic Masculinity. Ted Lasso as an Improved Continuation of British Television Sports Series |
| title_full | Male Football Comedy. A Reappraisal of Traditional, Declassed, Toxic Masculinity. Ted Lasso as an Improved Continuation of British Television Sports Series |
| title_fullStr | Male Football Comedy. A Reappraisal of Traditional, Declassed, Toxic Masculinity. Ted Lasso as an Improved Continuation of British Television Sports Series |
| title_full_unstemmed | Male Football Comedy. A Reappraisal of Traditional, Declassed, Toxic Masculinity. Ted Lasso as an Improved Continuation of British Television Sports Series |
| title_short | Male Football Comedy. A Reappraisal of Traditional, Declassed, Toxic Masculinity. Ted Lasso as an Improved Continuation of British Television Sports Series |
| title_sort | male football comedy a reappraisal of traditional declassed toxic masculinity ted lasso as an improved continuation of british television sports series |
| topic | football toxic masculinity social class British sports fiction |
| url | https://revistas.ucm.es/index.php/HICS/article/view/95463 |
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