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The Intouchables: Stereotypes

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Movie Review: The Intouchables Based on a true story, the French making film industry introduces the heartwarming movie, The Intouchables. This film captures the unique friendship between a quadriplegic millionaire, Philippe and his caretaker, Driss. In comparison to Philippe, Driss lives on the other end of the social ladder as an adopted child from Senegal and a former convict. Though impatient, rude and painfully straightforward, Philippe takes an instant liking to Driss and unexpectedly hires him to be his caretaker. In addition, there is a theme of stigmas in this film. A stigma is otherwise known as a stain, blemish or defect. Thus Philippe and Driss are stigmatized characters because of their stereotypes of race and social status, their emotional reactions and feelings, and the actions from Society, toward Philippe and Driss. Stereotypes of Philippe and Driss …show more content…

As a result of a severe paragliding accident, Phillippe is paralyzed from the head down and is often stereotyped as “weak” or “incapable”. We see this in the very first scene, where Driss shows up at Philippe’s mansion for the position as Phillippe’s personal care attendant. Though he has no qualifications, Driss interrupts an ongoing interview, offends everyone in the room by his crass humor and even goes on to make fun of Philippe’s current state in a wheelchair. (Adassovskky, Zeitoun) Yet ironically ,Driss is exactly who Philippe wants as his helper- a man who would give him no pity but would challenge him to experience life in a new way. This scene shows us how Philippe is tired of being treated like a “child” and instead wants to live his life to the

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