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Jackson Katz Tough Guise
MEDIA EDUCATION

FOUNDATION T R A N S C R I PT
VIOLENCE, MEDIA & THE CRISIS IN MASCULINITY

Challenging media

TOUGH GUISE: ABRIDGED VERSION

TOUGH GUISE
Violence, Media & the Crisis in Masculinity (ABRIDGED version)

Executive Producer & Director: Sut Jhally Producers: Susan Ericsson & Sanjay Talreja Written by: Jackson Katz & Jeremy Earp Editors: Sut Jhally, Susan Ericsson, Sanjay Talreja & Jeremy Smith Featuring an interview with Jackson Katz Anti-Violence Educator

Media Education Foundation © MEF 1999

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[Montage of images and clips from mainstream entertainment and news media] -- We’re going to murder those lousy Hun bastards by the bushel. -- Never show weakness. The only pain that matters is the pain you inflict. -- It’s the roughest and toughest show on TV: The American Gladiators. -- You gotta out-tough people when you get down there, its man-on-man out there. -- Police say boys age thirteen and eleven were arrested near the school carrying guns and wearing camouflage. -- Two in three million Americans are battered in their home every year… [Pearl Jam song: Better Man] Talkin’ to herself, there’s no one else who needs to know... She tells herself, oh... Memories back when she was bold and strong And waiting for the world to come along... Swears she knew it, now she swears he’s gone She lies and says she’s in love with him, can’t find a better man... She dreams in color, she dreams in red, can’t find a better man... She lies and says she still loves him, can’t find a better man... She dreams in color, she dreams in red, can’t find a better man... Can’t find a better man… [Movie: The Wizard of Oz] Oz has spoken! -- Who are you? I am the great and powerful Wizard of Oz. -- You’re a very bad man. Oh no, my dear, I’m a very good man. I’m just a very bad wizard. JACKSON KATZ: The climactic scene where Toto pulls back the curtain to reveal a nervous, tragic man, pretending to be the great and powerful Oz, represents more than
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