‘God of War’ depicts the disease and destruction of toxic masculinity

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This first half of this post contains no spoilers for God of War, the second half does and is marked by another spoiler warning.

I jokingly refer to the new God of War as an Angry Dad simulator, or rather for too many of us, more like My Own Personal Broken Childhood simulator. 

That’s because joking is easier than admitting how close to home it all feels, watching a child be relentlessly belittled and ridiculed by his father for the crime of being human. We might giggle at Kratos’ inability to even reach out a hand to comfort his grieving son after the death of his mother — but I have seen exactly that happen with my own eyes, in real life. Read more…

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