"I feel like Chuck Norris, you know?": Masculinity and Racial Erasure in River's Edge (1987).

The article focuses on masculinity and racial erasure in the film "River's Edge" and screenwriter Neal Jimenez based the characters on his own high school acquaintances. It mentions "River's Edge" provided a nuanced portrayal of learned social behaviors that perpetuate emotional repression and misogyny. It also mentions film reinforces perceptions that only white criminality merits nuanced discussions about mental state, motive, environment, and upbringing.