“Yearly, referrals to state child protective services involve 6.6 million children, and around 3.2 million of those children are subject to an investigated report,” (). This staggering statistic illustrates the reality of abuse in the real world. Abuse is a wide spanning idea, and it manages to manifest itself in several different forms. Throughout Damien Chazelle’s 2014 film, Whiplash, the main character trudges through a psychologically abusive relationship with the film’s antagonist. Three primary