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MACHISMO

MACHISMO

■(mā-

chëz

-mo)

n.

�A

stro

ng, s

omet

imes

exa

gger

ated

se

nse

of m

ascu

linity

stre

ssin

g at

tribu

tes

such

as

phys

ical

cou

rage

, vi

rility

, dom

inat

ion

of w

omen

, and

ag

gres

sive

ness

; man

lines

s

The

Arti

fact

s

Our

Cas

t of C

hara

cter

sSt

eve

Will

iam

sSt

eve

Will

iam

s(�

Ston

e C

old�

(�St

one

Col

d�St

eve

Aust

in)

Stev

e Au

stin

)

Jim

Ros

sJi

m R

oss

(Jim

Ros

s)(J

im R

oss)

The

McM

ahon

Fam

ily (a

s cur

rent

)

Shan

e M

cMah

onSh

ane

McM

ahon

(Sha

ne M

cMah

on, C

hairm

an o

f

(Sha

ne M

cMah

on, C

hairm

an o

f

))

Lind

a M

cMah

onLi

nda

McM

ahon

(Lin

da M

cMah

on, C

EO)

(Lin

da M

cMah

on, C

EO)

Vinc

e M

cMah

onVi

nce

McM

ahon

(Mr.

McM

ahon

, Cha

irman

of

)(M

r. M

cMah

on, C

hairm

an o

f

)

Step

hani

e M

cMah

onSt

epha

nie

McM

ahon

(Ste

phan

ie M

cMah

on(S

teph

anie

McM

ahon

-- Hel

msl

ey)

Hel

msl

ey)

The

Two

Mai

n Po

ints

■ST

OR

YLIN

ES

(Mel

odra

mat

ic)

�Ex

: Mr.

McM

ahon

and

Lin

da

McM

ahon

�Ex

: Sha

ne M

cMah

on V

s M

r. M

cMah

on

■IN

TER

VIEW

S�

Ex: �

Ston

e C

old�

and

Jim

Ros

s

Stor

ylin

es■

Mos

t of t

he m

atch

es in

any

pr

ogra

mm

ing

is b

ased

off

som

e ty

pe o

f a

stor

ylin

e.

■W

rest

ling

is p

oint

ed o

ut a

s a

�Mas

culin

e M

elod

ram

a� in

whi

ch li

ve a

nd te

levi

sed

perfo

rman

ces

exte

rnal

ize

emot

ions

, m

appi

ng th

em �o

nto

the

com

bata

nt�s

bo

dies

and

tran

sfor

min

g th

eir p

hysi

cal

com

petit

ion

into

a s

earc

h fo

r mor

al

orde

r� (M

azer

, 199

8).

Our

Firs

t Sto

rylin

e Ex

ampl

e:M

r. M

cMah

on a

nd L

inda

McM

ahon

Mr.

McM

ahon

and

Lin

da M

cMah

on

■M

r. M

cMah

on a

nd L

inda

McM

ahon

has

be

en m

arrie

d to

geth

er fo

r 30

year

s.

■M

r. M

cMah

on p

urch

ased

from

his

fa

ther

, Vin

cent

K. M

cMah

on,S

r. in

19

82.

■Li

nda

McM

ahon

has

bee

n ca

lled

the

�Pat

ron

Sain

t� of

the

.

She

has

re

pres

ente

d th

e

at

bot

h of

the

2000

pr

esid

entia

l con

vent

ions

.

Mr.

McM

ahon

and

Lin

da M

cMah

on■

In 1

999,

Lin

da M

cMah

on a

ssig

ned

�Sto

ne C

old�

Ste

ve A

ustin

as

CEO

in

her p

lace

.■

In 2

000,

Lin

da M

cMah

on a

ssig

ned

Mic

k Fo

ley

as C

omm

issi

oner

.■

Mic

k Fo

ley

and

Stev

e Au

stin

wer

e tw

o pe

ople

that

Vin

ce lo

athe

d.■

Afte

r Lin

da ju

mpe

d on

the

last

ner

ve o

f M

r. M

cMah

on,

Mr.

McM

ahon

de

man

ded

a di

vorc

e!

Mr.

McM

ahon

and

Lin

da M

cMah

on■

The

stat

emen

t of d

ivor

ce s

ent L

inda

into

sh

ock.

■Vi

nce

quie

tly a

sked

that

she

be

plac

ed

in a

san

itariu

m a

nd to

be

heav

ily

med

icat

ed.

■Vi

nce

foun

d a

new

inte

rest

in T

rish

Stra

tus

Mr.

McM

ahon

and

Lin

da M

cMah

on

■Li

nda

snap

s ou

t of h

er m

edic

atio

n at

W

rest

lem

ania

X-S

even

.■

The

next

nig

ht o

n R

aw is

War

...

Shan

e, M

r. M

cMah

on, a

nd

Shan

e,M

r. M

cMah

on, a

nd■

Ted

Turn

er, f

orm

er o

wne

r of W

orld

C

ham

pion

ship

Wre

stlin

g (W

CW

), de

cide

d to

sel

l the

com

pany

bec

ause

of t

he p

oor

ratin

gs in

the

Mon

day

Nig

ht W

ars.

■Th

e ne

ws

cam

e ou

t on

Mar

ch 2

3, 2

001

that

WW

F ha

d pu

rcha

sed

WC

W.

■M

r. M

cMah

on d

id a

live

feed

s fro

m th

e R

aw Is

War

show

on

WC

W M

onda

y N

itro

expl

aini

ng w

hat h

is

plan

s w

ere

for W

CW

.

Shan

e,M

r. M

cMah

on, a

nd■

Mr.

McM

ahon

eve

ntua

lly d

id a

live

si

mul

cast

from

bot

h sh

ows,

Raw

Is W

aran

d W

CW

Mon

day

Nitr

o�

■�

until

he

hear

d hi

s so

n fro

m a

noth

er

to

wn!

Shan

e,M

r. M

cMah

on, a

nd

"As

usua

l, da

d, y

our e

go h

as g

otte

n th

e be

st o

f you

, yo

u ga

ve m

e ju

st th

e op

port

unity

I w

as lo

okin

g fo

r.Yo

u se

e, th

e co

ntra

ct h

as b

een

final

ized

, Vin

ce. A

nd it

do

es s

ay M

cMah

on. I

t say

s Sh

ane

McM

ahon

. Tha

t's

right

Vin

ce, I

now

ow

n W

CW.�

The

�Cla

ssic

� In

terv

iew

or T

aunt

The

�Cla

ssic

� In

terv

iew

or T

aunt

■In

an

inte

rvie

w, t

he v

illain

insu

lts th

e he

ro o

r pro

mis

es s

ome

unw

arra

nted

pe

rson

al a

ttack

on

the

hero

.■

The

hero

, wis

hing

to d

efen

d hi

s ho

nor

(repa

ir fa

ce) a

gree

s to

figh

t the

villa

in in

a

wel

l-pub

liciz

ed m

atch

on

the

wre

stlin

g ci

rcui

t.

■In

this

mat

ch, t

he v

illain

, usi

ng il

lega

l m

eans

, man

ages

to b

eat t

he h

ero.

The

�Cla

ssic

� In

terv

iew

or T

aunt

■In

a p

ost m

atch

inte

rvie

w th

e he

ro c

halle

nges

th

e vi

llain

to a

gru

dge

mat

ch a

t som

e up

com

ing

tow

n on

the

circ

uit.

If th

e vi

llain

w

ins

the

grud

ge m

atch

, it i

s ag

ain

thou

gh

illega

l mea

ns.

■If

the

hero

win

s, it

is d

ecis

ive,

and

end

s w

ith

the

tota

l hum

iliatio

n of

the

villa

in.

The

villa

in,

in a

pos

t-mat

ch in

terv

iew

then

sw

ears

re

veng

e on

the

hero

and

the

entir

e se

quen

ce

begi

ns a

gain

(Bal

l, 19

90).

The

�Cla

ssic

� In

terv

iew

or T

aunt

■C

atch

phra

se -

Fam

iliar l

ine

used

to e

nd

the

inte

rvie

w.

�Th

e R

ock:

�IF

YOU

SM

ELL

WH

AT T

HE

RO

CK

IS

CO

OKI

NG

?��

�Sto

ne C

old�

Ste

ve A

ustin

: �AN

D T

HAT

�S T

HE

BOTT

OM

LIN

E, C

AUSE

STO

NE

CO

LD S

AID

SO

.��

Hul

k H

ogan

: �W

HAT

CH

A G

ON

NA

DO

WH

EN

THE

24 IN

CH

PYT

HO

NS

CO

ME

DO

WN

ON

YO

U?�

�Br

et �H

it M

an� H

art:

�I AM

TH

E BE

ST T

HER

E IS

, TH

E BE

ST T

HER

E W

AS, A

ND

TH

E BE

ST

THER

E EV

ER W

ILL

BE.�

Our

Inte

rvie

w E

xam

ple:

Ston

e C

old

Stev

e A

ustin

and

Jim

Ros

s.■

Ston

e C

old

won

the

Cha

mpi

onsh

ip

at th

is p

ast W

rest

lem

ania

thro

ugh

the

help

of M

r. M

cMah

on.

■Ji

m R

oss,

ann

ounc

er, i

nter

view

ed

Ston

e C

old

onSm

ackd

own.

■In

the

inte

rvie

w, t

aunt

s w

ere

thro

wn

in

at J

im R

oss

by S

tone

Col

d, b

ut J

im

atte

mpt

ed to

pla

y th

e go

od fr

iend

role

, cl

aim

ing

that

he

was

Sto

ne C

old�

s fri

end.

Our

Inte

rvie

w E

xam

ple:

Ston

e C

old

Stev

e A

ustin

and

Jim

Ros

s.

■To

war

ds th

e en

d of

the

inte

rvie

w, S

tone

Col

d re

aliz

ed th

at J

im w

as e

ndin

g th

eir f

riend

ship

an

d de

cide

d to

sta

rt in

jurin

g Ji

m R

oss.

■Ev

entu

ally

, we

see

Mr.

McM

ahon

com

e ou

t an

d te

ll St

one

Col

d to

sto

p, a

nd th

en to

ld

Ston

e C

old

that

he

was

bei

ng to

o ea

sy o

n Ji

m

and

to �O

pen

him

up!

�■

Ston

e C

old

even

tual

ly

le

aves

Jim

in a

blo

ody

mes

s.

In C

oncl

usio

n...

■M

achi

smo

can

defin

itely

be

seen

thou

gh

out a

ny e

piso

de o

f Raw

Is W

aror

Sm

ackd

own.

■M

ost m

achi

smo

in th

e

is

sho

wn

thou

gh p

ower

(WC

W P

urch

ase)

, re

latio

nshi

ps (M

r. An

d M

rs. M

cMah

on),

and

the

idea

that

a m

an is

toug

h th

ough

hi

s fis

ts (J

im R

oss�

Inte

rvie

w).

In C

oncl

usio

n...

■pr

ogra

mm

ing

is s

how

n to

be

a �s

oap

oper

a,� w

here

we

find

the

hero

be

ing

taun

ted

by th

e vi

llain

.■

Ther

e ar

e m

ultip

le o

ther

exa

mpl

es o

f m

achi

smo

thou

gh s

how

s lik

e R

aw Is

W

aran

dSm

ackd

own,

eve

n in

the

pay-

per-v

iew

s, b

ut th

ese

exam

ples

and

re

ason

s ar

e w

hat m

ake

prog

ram

min

g th

e to

p fiv

e sh

ows

on

tele

visi

on to

day!