David Greene Stereotypes

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The Traditional representation of the “real man” was the alpha male foregrounding the preferred version of masculinity. Alpha males are physically muscular, sporty and heroic in dire situations. This stereotype can be shown through the character of David Greene (Brendan Frasier) from the movie School Ties(1992) directed by Robert Mandel. Greene’s character portrays the qualities of a typical alpha male. Through out the film, Mandel uses several narrative, symbolic and technical elements to construct a image of David Greene as a typical alpha male, who acts in a traditional alpha male form in hard situations , is emotionally resilient and is very protective of his friends, being at times assertive and aggressive to stand up for them. David Greene’s alpha male demeanor is assertive and …show more content…
This resilience is seen through his reactions and control of himself when a prejudice or racist comment is made around him. “He wanted forty bucks, but I jewed him down to thirty”. This explains that he negotiated over every last cent, implying that jews are cheap. The use of a close up shot shows that although this racist joke was hurtful and the idea of hiding his religion is foreign to him, Greene keeps his emotions concealed and doesn't comment, going along with the flow not being bothered with the comment. He hides his response and opinion to keep his reputation as the ‘Top Dog’ This is evident when he asks Charles Dillion a racist, prejudiced young man how he would spot a Jewish person, how he would spot a Jewish person. Charles Dillion responds with, “How would you not know? It’s kind of hard to miss a hebe”. David looks away with forced smile. This shows his constraint towards his reaction, controlling himself to seem normal around the others about the subject of Jewish people. Because David is emotionally resilient, he acts as an alpha male when faced with tough
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