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Stereotypic Sex in the movie "American Pie"
Title: Stereotypic Sex in the movie "American Pie"
Category: Business & Economy / Accounting
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Stereotypic Sex in the movie "American Pie"
In movies, the roles played by stereotypes are an important focus because "the effectiveness of stereotypes resides in the way they evoke a consensus." (Dyer Pg. 248). By using the characteristics of social groupings, which the majority of people would agree defines each specific group, the moviemakers are able to easily connect the viewers to the characters. In "American Pie", the moviemakers utilize the specific aspects of stereotypes, as defined by Lippmann: an ordering process, a short cut, reference to the world, and an expression of …showed first 85 words of 1696 total…
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…showed last 85 words of 1696 total…audience has fully accepted the stereotypes, it is possible for them to understand the full meaning of the characters' struggles in the movie. The message conveyed is that sex is fun and sex is crazy, but sex is also personal.
Bibliography
American Pie. Writ. Adam Herz. Dir. Paul Weitz Prod. Warren Zide, Craig Perry, Chris Moore. Perf. Jason Biggs, Shannon Elizabeth, Chris Klein, Tara Reid, Seann W. Scott. Universal Pictures, 1999
Dyer, Richard. "The Role of Stereotypes."
Wikipedia. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clique. Access Date: 02/15/06
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