Narrative Structure and Ideological Discourse in the Sports Film King Richard

Objectives This study aims to investigate the narrative structure of the sports movie'King Richard'and identify the ideological discourse inherent in it Methods For this purpose, the film 'King Richard' directed by Reynaldo Marcus Green was selected as a research object, and textual analysis and content analysis were conducted from the perspective of critical theory. The data was collected through movie DVDs, online movie communities, and NAVER's TVOD OTT platform. Based on the collected data, the movie was repeatedly watched. Results The narrative structure of King Richard has three sequences, which are organized into three stages: Life of a black man in the ghetto: Poverty and discrimination - Conflict of educational styles: Coach vs. Richard Williams - Black success in the'white sport'of tennis. Second, the ideologies inherent in the movie King Richard were race ideology, class ideology, and family ideology. Conclusions Racial Ideology: Racist remarks are heard throughout the movie, and the attitudes, postures, and facial expressions of white people toward black people show that white supremacy was prevalent in American society. Class ideology shows that sports are intertwined with hierarchy and social relations, and are actually used as a tool to produce dominant ideologies, as the main character of the movie, Richard Williams, planned to make his daughters world-class tennis players before they were born. Finally, the "Family Ideology" section shows the sacrifices that Richard Williams' family makes to make Venus Williams and Serena Williams tennis stars, and how family stability is valued over the independence, freedom, and development of individual family members.