How are Stereotypes Used and Constructed In 'NATM'?
What does to stereotype a person mean? - To stereotype a person, is to lump them into one large group based off of certain characteristics that you may find similar in a specific type of people. For example, people like to say that all African Americans eat fried chicken.
The stereotypical characters from 'NATM' consist of:
The convent girl - Dresses in short revealing clothes, she's very flirty and her dress sense shows her character well.
The Geek -The geeks is shown to be nerdy- props such as- glasses, high wasted trousers, back packs are shown to convey nerdy-like characters. Also, most nerds are shown to be short so we can think that they're vulnerable.
The Jock - The jock is the popular guy, who wears Jersey clothing, sporty tops. Everyone in the school knows him, therefore, widely known in the community.
The pretty ugly girl -The pretty uggle girl could be, a girl that is pretty, but doesn't try hard to be pretty, so in that sense she's ugly. Or she's has a pretty personality, and ugly looks. She's shown to be a quiet, but talkative character where, she falls in love with the jock. (she's an unpopular character.)
The token black guy - He is not the centre of attention but acknowledged in the film. he wears non threatening costume.
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