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Roberta Garrett, Senior Lecturer in Literature and Cultural Studies, University of East London

What Fargo season five gets right about toxic masculinity and domestic violence

Warning: includes spoilers for the first eight episodes of Fargo season five.

The latest series of Fargo includes a two-minute tracking shot that focuses on the menacing face of the sheriff, ranch owner, evangelical Christian and Donald Trump supporter Roy Tillman (Jon Hamm). He is filmed in tight close-up as he stomps through the snow to a small barn that houses his chained former wife, the show’s heroine Dot Lyon (Juno Temple).

The scene is accompanied by Lisa Hannigan’s slow and haunting cover of Britney Spear’s hit song Toxic, which was rearranged specifically for the series by composer Jeff Russo.

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