Stereotypes: A Film Analysis

Harmful racial stereotypes have plagued the entertainment industry since blackface minstrel shows began in New York in the early 1800’s. Although the structure of minstrel shows changed over time; the images, blackface, and the caricatures of blacks continued. Early Hollywood films sustained the racist tradition of white actors performing in blackface with numerous silent movies that included white actors playing non-white characters in a particularly stereotypical fashion. Eventually non-white actors were allowed to play themselves in film, however they were cast in extremely prejudiced roles that degraded themselves like “the coon”, “the tom”, “the black buck” or “the mammy” for African American actors, and “the bandito”, “the greaser”, “Latin lover” or the “spitfire for Latino actors. Although there are some productive ambiguities within some of these roles, they are ultimately damaging.

Throughout this chapter, Korgen main arguments pertained to the media’s portrayal of Black and White biracial characters in movies. Typically the media portrays people with lighter skin to have more positive characteristics while people with darker skin more negative characteristics. Media is one first place young children get these images from and it can have a huge impression on them without even knowing it. They are placed within this social class of existence. “Viewers tend to pay the most attention to characters who share their age, race, and gender and those they wish they could be like” (Korgen, 2010, pg. 89). Biracial Americans go through the toughest scrutiny by both races on whether they fit into either group. I know my brother and sister have this issue from the time they were little especially my sister, she is lighter skinned and was never truly accepted by the black or white girls at school.

With the roadblocks in Callie's adoption it's been a long couple of months, but she was finally getting adopted tomorrow. The whole family couldn't wait for her to officially be a Adams-Foster.

Lux stands there motionless. Mallory and Anastasia run over embracing her. Walking her over to the couch to sit down.

In many films and modern tv shows there are a lot of gender stereotypes, but many of the racial stereotypes are in front of our faces and we do not even notice. For example, in the movie “Caucasian Chicks” directed by Keenen Ivory Wayans most people do not notice that the main characters are trying to be a stereotypical Caucasian female. When you watch the movie for the first time, you may not notice all the racial stereotypes in the movie; you just see a comedy movie starring two African-American males. What we don’t notice is that the movie is based on the stereotypical Caucasian female and how they act, how they are more “privileged” then everyone else, and the portrayal of their beauty standards.

On an abandoned meadow, six boys played together and were having the time of their lives. The colorful graffiti on the walls and used mattresses on the grounds gave the place a homely feel and was their getaway. Even if someone were a mile away they could hear the clanks of sword fighting, and odd combination with jovial laughter, something he hasn’t heard in a while.

The philosophical zombie is the term given to a hypothetical humanlike creature that is void of conscious experience. This zombie is not your usual ‘man eating, walking dead’ that you would usually find at the movies. According to David Chalmers’ interpretation, this zombie is like having an identical twin in every aspect. This twin looks and behaves exactly like you, dresses and eats like you too. However, you may savor the taste of good wine, smile at the aroma of coffee, marvel at the sky or contemplate your next move in a game of chess. You might feel the sensation of pain in your legs from running a few days ago, or recall a funny event that occurred a few years ago. This zombie twin on the other hand is made up of identical characteristics that are physically, functionally, behaviourally, psychologically identical to you. The zombie is even conscious in a functional sense, which is to say that she sleeps and wakes, is able to speak, and even provide feedback on her internal states, etc.

In many aspects of society, there are often unfair and inaccurate stereotypes on full display of certain people who belong to various demographics. Media, or more specifically TV shows, are no different in this regard. For example, men are painted out to be leaders, unemotional, and sometimes aggressive individuals who should be admired. Women tend to be shown as secretive and manipulative in order to get their way in a men driven society. It is also noteworthy that several homosexual characters are depicted as attempting to hide the fact that they are homosexual, and as feeble minded, even if the person in question is a male. While many times these stereotypes are untrue of the entire demographic being portrayed, people who attract to popular

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The movie The Namesake brought many stereotypes to mind as I was watching it, speaking english with a deep Indian accent and the arranged marriages. Other stereotypes the movie depicted were majority of the country being poverty ridden and congested. The main character of the movie was named Gogol and was born of Indian parents in America, he experienced two different cultures, what his parents did at home and what he did after he left that household. He was not fond of his name, Gogol wanted to change his name after high school because he thought it would have been difficult for him to go through society with a name like that. After Gogol left his parents house and went off in the working world he was distant. He barely visited

There are over 1,100 films that in one way or another vilify Arabs and Muslims-not to mention other minorities such as African Americans, Jews, LGBTQs, Latinos, Asians and Native Americans (Baird). Movies and shows stereotype Arabs and Muslims, which often times cause hatred and discrimination towards certain races and religions. Stereotyping in movies and shows cause bias discrimination towards minorities, which lead to terrible consequences. Even though movies and shows are mainly fictional and mainly used just for entertainment, these forms of media lead to discriminations such as Islamophobia because they vilify Arabs and Muslims portraying them as a violent and dangerous group.

Life in Hollywood, for some female actresses, may not be as glamourous as it seems the viewers. With all the talk about the lack of diversity in Hollywood, actresses should be seeing changes happen, right? Sadly, this is incorrect. Many actresses have spoken out on the disparity; such as Jennifer Lawrence, Kerry Washington, Charlize Theron, and many more actresses. Actresses of older ages have to “fight” with their male counterpart and the new, younger face, and it is the same for younger actresses who have to compete wit actresses with more experience. Older actresses are struggling to stay known, while younger actresses are trying to become known. Trying to maintain their careers, female actresses have to deal with sexism, ageism, unequal pay, and misrepresentation., while working in Hollywood.

1. Yes I would of said, that we only use 10 percent of our brain based off popular culture, and popular movies of the 21 century that uses typical movie scenarios, where the main character fully unlocks their brain and become unstoppable beings. This can be seen in movies like "Lucy" and "limitless".

Stereotypical Roles of Women in Films Films reflect and reinforce the dominant ideology of how life should be, and this applies to how women are shown in films. Although half of the population is female, they are underrepresented in films. Most leads are men. Along with this issue of underrepresentation is how the women are shown, cast stereotypically in traditional roles. Some of the most common stereotypes women play are materialistic, desperate, catty, unintelligent, weak, broken, and so forth.

I see your point that Hollywood writers and directors does not have sole obligation to avoid ethnic stereotypes but they just cause problems for our society. It its not illegal however it is morally wrong since it is affecting everyone. If they pursue to insult a particular ethnicity it just causes an embarrassment to that particular race. Writers and directors of movies are tremendous impact in society in plot of their story there is a message that people receive. IF that message is regarding stereotypes of an ethnicity then it is not right. Therefore, they should be held responsible for whatever outcome of their production. Individuals gets bullied or criticized due to writers and directors of movies advocating racial stereotypes.