Stereotyping in the movies!

Stereotypes are simple, one-dimensional portrayals of people—usually based on sex, race, religion, profession or age. We all stereotype people to some degree as we try to make sense of the world. Filmmakers often rely heavily on stereotypes, because they're a quick and simple way to establish a movie character's traits. Blonde women are dumb, for example; foreigners are villains, Mexicans are lazy, and blacks are great athletes. Teenaged characters are variously shown as sex-crazed, uncivilized, moralistic or shallow, and they tend to be lumped into groups of either popular kids or geeks. Sci-Fi movies, apocalyptic movies often start with a calamity or cataclysm in far east. Usually Tokyo gets shattered by some incredible force, or bomb etc... but this force, phenomenon or extraterrestrial race also threatens Washington and... so on...

          Coming soon:  Skyline (2010) , Battle: Los Angeles (2011)